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tugging
Variant of tug
intransitive verb tugged, tugging
- to exert great effort in pulling; pull hard; drag; haul: often with at
- to labor; toil; struggle
transitive verb
- to pull at with great force; strain at
- to drag; haul
- to tow with a tugboat
noun
- an act or instance of tugging; hard pull
- a great effort or strenuous contest
- a rope, chain, etc. used for tugging or pulling; esp., a trace of a harness
- tugboat
Related Forms:
- tugger noun
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