tug

Meaning of tug

noun
  1. A sudden powerful pull.
  2. A tugboat.
  3. A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
  4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  5. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
  6. An act of masturbation.
    He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
verb
  1. To pull or drag with great effort
    The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  2. To pull hard repeatedly
    He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  3. To tow by tugboat

Information about tug

  • The plural form of tug is: tugs.
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Hyphenation of tug

tug

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • tug is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

tug synonyms

Meaning jerk:

jerk

Meaning tugboat:

tugboat, towboat, tower

Meaning labor:

labor, push, drive

Meaning lug:

lug, tote

Translation of tug

Anagrams of tug

Gut, gut, ugt

Words that rhyme with tug

countertug, stug, utug

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