tug

Nouns

  • (n) a sudden abrupt pull jerk,
  • (n) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships towboat, tugboat, tower,

Verbs

  • (v) pull hard
    • The prisoner tugged at the chains
    • This movie tugs at the heart strings
  • (v) strive and make an effort to reach a goal
    • She tugged for years to make a decent living
    • We have to push a little to make the deadline!
    • She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
    labor, labour, push, drive,
  • (v) tow (a vessel) with a tug
    • The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor
  • (v) carry with difficulty
    • You'll have to lug this suitcase
    lug, tote,
  • (v) move by pulling hard
    • The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud
  • (v) pull or strain hard at
    • Each oar was tugged by several men
  • (v) struggle in opposition
    • She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts

Synonyms

jerk towboat tugboat tower labor labour push drive lug tote

See also

plough on press on push on

Words of close approximity

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