tug
/ˈtʌɡ/noun, verb1 syllable
Tug means: strive and make an effort to reach a goal.
Synonyms for tug11
What does tug mean?9
verb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal“She tugged for years to make a decent living”
carry with difficulty“You'll have to lug this suitcase”
pull hard“The prisoner tugged at the chains”
tow (a vessel) with a tug“The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor”
move by pulling hard“The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud”
pull or strain hard at“Each oar was tugged by several men”
struggle in opposition“She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts”
noun
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
a sudden abrupt pull
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with tug?16
Tug in a sentence
- O you who tug at the rope, its end rests in my hands.Igider
- The angler felt a strong tug on the line.orcrist
- How do you train a dog not to tug on its leash?CK
- She felt a gentle tug on her sleeve.megamanenm
- There's an ideal tug-of-war between us.Nuel
- Ziri enjoyed the playful tug of the breeze at his cloak.always
- This budget meeting turned into a tug-of-war.rul
- Participants in the tug-of-war strain with all their might.AlanF_US
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of tug
as a noun
- plural
- tugs
as a verb
- past tense
- tugged
- present participle
- tugging
- third-person singular
- tugs
- past participle
- tugged