puller

Variant of pull

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

Origin: ME pullen < OE pullian, to pluck, snatch with the fingers: ? akin to MLowG pull, a husk, shell

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

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