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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tugging.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t.,
Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a
plaything.]
1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
[1913 Webster]
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
--Roscommon.
[1913 Webster]
2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
To ease the pain,
His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tugging.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t.,
Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a
plaything.]
1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
--Roscommon.
2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a
strain. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
tug
n 1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: jerk]
2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
[syn: tugboat, towboat, tower]
v 1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie
tugs at the heart strings"
2: 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" [syn: labor, labour, push, drive]
3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter
into the harbor"
4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
[syn: lug, tote]
5: move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out
of the mud"
6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her
conflicts"
[also: tugging, tugged]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
tugging
See tug
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
n.
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
vb.
(present participle of en tug nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
n.
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
vb.
(present participle of en tug nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
n.
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
vb.
(present participle of en tug nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
n.
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
vb.
(present participle of en tug nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
Englanti vb.
(taivm-pprees en tug)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tugging
Engelska a.
(avledning en tug ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb tug)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Tugging /tˈʌɡɪŋ/ الجرّFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
tugging /tˈʌɡɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]škubání
tugging /tˈʌɡɪŋ/
die Schleppschifffahrt, die Bugsierschifffahrt
Synonyms: towing, towage
see: navigation, shipping, inland navigation, inland waterway traffic, steam navigation, river navigation, river traffic, commercial navigation, merchant shipping, ocean shipping, maritime shipping, coastal shipping, coastal traffic, coasting, liner shipping, pleasure boating
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
tugging /tˈʌɡɪŋ/
schleppend, bugsierend
Synonym: towing
see: tow, tug, towed, tugged
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]tugging /tˈʌɡɪŋ/ zerrend see: tug, tugged, tugs, tuggedFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]/ˈtəɡɪŋ/
拖; 牵引感