tug

About 1.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Tunia.
2. verb To pull or drag with great effort.

   The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.

3. verb To pull hard repeatedly.

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

4. verb To tow by tugboat.
5. verb To masturbate.
6. noun A sudden powerful pull.
7. noun A tugboat.
8. noun A type of tractor used for moving trailers.

Similar words

lug push jerk labour tote drive labor towboat tugboat pull

Often followed by

of at on and to was the in is

Word family

Tug tugged tugger tuggers tugging tugs