tug

See also: Tuğ

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English tuggen, toggen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tee, tow.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tŭg, IPA^(key): /tʌɡ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Verb

1. (transitive) to pull or drag with great effort

   The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.

2. (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly

   He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.

3. (transitive) to tow by tugboat

Derived terms

• tug down
• tug up

Translations

to pull with great effort

• Dutch: trekken (nl)
• Finnish: kiskaista (fi), riuhtaista, nykäistä (fi), raahata (fi)
• French: tirer (fr)
• German: zerren (de)
• Italian: trascinare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: tirar (oc)
• Romanian: trage (ro), smuci (ro)
• Russian: тяну́ть (ru) impf (tjanútʹ), потяну́ть (ru) pf (potjanútʹ), тащи́ть (ru) impf (taščítʹ), потащи́ть (ru) pf (potaščítʹ)
• Spanish: tirar (es), halar (es), (colloquial) jalar (es)
• Swedish: dra (sv), släpa (sv)

to pull repeatedly

• Dutch: rukken (nl)
• Finnish: kiskoa (fi), riuhtoa, nykiä
• French: tirer (fr)
• German: zerren (de)
• Italian: tirare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kāhakihaki
• Russian: дёргать (ru) impf (djórgatʹ), дёрнуть (ru) pf (djórnutʹ)
• Spanish: tironear (es)
• Swedish: dra (sv)

to tow by tugboat

• Danish: bugsere
• Dutch: slepen (nl)
• Finnish: hinata (fi)
• French: remorquer (fr)
• German: schleppen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: rimorchiare (it)
• Portuguese: rebocar (pt)
• Russian: букси́ровать (ru) impf (buksírovatʹ), отбукси́ровать (ru) pf (otbuksírovatʹ)
• Spanish: remolcar (es)
• Swedish: bogsera (sv)

Noun

tug (plural tugs)

1. a sudden powerful pull
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.

   • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     But Van Persie slotted home 40 seconds after the break before David Wheater saw red for a tug on Theo Walcott.

2. (nautical) a tugboat
3. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
6. (slang) An act of masturbation

   He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

Derived terms

• tug of war

Translations

sudden pull

• Finnish: nykäys, nykäisy
• French: tirement (fr)
• German: Ruck (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: strattone (it) m
• Russian: рыво́к (ru) m (ryvók)

tugboat — see tugboat

Anagrams

• GUT, UTG, gut

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Elfdalian

Noun

tug n

1. train

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tug

1. Template:past tense of

Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.