puller

transitive verb

1. to exert force or influence on so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force; drag, tug, draw, attract, etc.
2. 1. to draw out; pluck out; extract: to pull a tooth
   2. to pick or uproot: to pull carrots
3. to draw apart; rip; tear: to pull a seam
4. ☆ to stretch (taffy, etc.) back and forth repeatedly
5. to stretch or strain to the point of injury: to pull a muscle
6. ☆ Informal to put into effect; carry out; perform: to pull a raid
7. Informal to hold back; restrain: to pull one's punches
8. Informal
   1. ☆ to take (a gun, knife, etc.) from concealment so as to threaten
   2. to take or force off or out; remove: to pull a wheel from a car
9. Dialectal to draw the entrails from (a fowl)
10. Baseball, Golf to hit (the ball) and make it go to the left or, if left-handed, to the right
11. Horse Racing to rein in or restrain (a horse) so as to keep it from winning
12. Printing to take (a proof) on a hand press
13. Rowing
    1. to work (an oar) by drawing it toward one
    2. to propel or transport by rowing

intransitive verb

1. to exert force in or for dragging, tugging, or attracting something
2. to take a deep draft of a drink or puff at a cigarette, etc.
3. to be capable of being pulled
4. to move or drive a vehicle (away, ahead, around, out, etc.)
5. ☆ Football to run behind, and parallel to, the line of scrimmage, as to provide blocking for a ballcarrier: said of an offensive lineman

noun

1. the act, force, or result of pulling; specif.,
   1. a dragging, tugging, attracting, etc.
   2. the act or an instance of rowing
   3. a drink
   4. a puff at a cigarette, etc.
   5. a difficult, continuous effort, as in climbing
   6. the force needed to move a weight, trigger, etc., measured in pounds
2. something to be pulled, as the handle of a drawer, etc.
3. ☆ Informal
   1. influence or special advantage
   2. drawing power; appeal