tugboat

See also: tug-boat and tug boat

English

Alternative forms

tug-boat, tug boat

Etymology

From tug +‎ boat.

Sense 2 from monthly tugboat, a reference to the saying "our ship has come in," here referring to a small, "reliable" "tugboat" instead of a large windfall.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʌɡbəʊt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʌɡboʊt/

Noun

tugboat (plural tugboats)

(nautical) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
Synonym: tug

Coordinate term: towboat
(euphemistic, rare, Internet slang) A Social Security Disability Insurance payment; monthly tugboat

Derived terms

monthly tugboat

Translations

small, powerful boat

Afrikaans: sleepboot
Albanian: rimorkiator (sq)
Arabic: زَوْرَق اَلْقَطْر m (zawraq al-qaṭr)
Armenian: բուքսիրային նավ (bukʻsirayin nav), քարշականավ (kʻaršakanav)
Azerbaijani: buksir
Basque: atoiontzi
Belarusian: буксі́р m (buksír)
Bulgarian: влекач m (vlekač)
Catalan: remolcador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拖船 (zh) (tuōchuán)
Czech: remorkér m
Danish: slæbebåd
Dutch: sleepboot (nl) m, sleper (nl) m
Esperanto: trenšipo
Estonian: puksiir
Finnish: hinaaja (fi)
French: remorqueur (fr) m
Galician: revocador m
Georgian: საბუქსირო გემი (sabuksiro gemi)
German: Schlepper (de) m, Schleppschiff n, Schleppboot n, Schleppdampfer m
Greek: ρυμουλκό πλοίο (rymoulkó ploío)
Haitian Creole: remokè
Hebrew: גּוֹרֶרֶת (he) f (goréret)
Hungarian: vontatóhajó (hu)
Icelandic: dráttarbátur m
Ido: remorkero (io)
Indonesian: kapal tunda (id)
Italian: rimorchiatore (it) m
Japanese: タグボート (ja) (tagubōto), 曳船 (ja) (えいせん, eisen)
Korean: 예인선(曳引船) (ko) (yeinseon)
Latvian: velkonis m, tālbraucējs m
Livonian: vilkikas
Macedonian: реморке́р m (remorkér), шле́пер m (šléper)
Maltese: irmonk
Māori: poti pārete, tima pārete
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bukserbåt m, slepebåt m, taubåt m

Nynorsk: bukserbåt m, slepebåt m, taubåt m
Pannonian Rusyn: цагач m (cahač), реморкер m (remorker), шлепер m (šleper)
Polish: holownik (pl) m
Portuguese: rebocador (pt) m
Romanian: remocher
Russian: букси́р (ru) m (buksír), букси́рное су́дно n (buksírnoje súdno)
Scottish Gaelic: bàta slaodaidh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: реморкер, тегљач

Latin: remoker, tegljač (sh)
Slovak: remokér m
Slovene: ladijski vlačilec m
Spanish: remolcador (es) m
Swahili: tishari
Swedish: bogserbåt (sv) c
Thai: เรือโยง (reua yohng)
Turkish: römorkör (tr)
Ukrainian: букси́р (uk) m (buksýr)
Volapük: tränanaf (vo), tränastemanaf (vo)
Welsh: tynfad
Yiddish: בוקסיר m (buksir)