tug
verb
- sharp pull, yank
- carry by tugging
- pull with end result
noun
- type of boat that pulls other ships
- act of pulling
- airport service vehicle used to move aircraft
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tʌɡ/ / /tɐɡ/ / /tʊɡ/
noun
Etymology: Related to toga.
- A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow.
- To pull or drag with great effort.
“The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.”
- To pull hard repeatedly.
“He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.”
- To tow by tugboat.
- To masturbate.