tug

Meaning

Verb

1. To pull or drag with great effort.
2. To pull hard repeatedly.
3. To tow by tugboat.
4. (slang) To masturbate.

Noun

1. A sudden powerful pull.
2. A tugboat.
3. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
6. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
7. (slang) An act of male masturbation.

Synonyms

pull

drag

draw

haul

tow

jerk

tugboat

yank

towboat

wrench

🔧

pull on

pull out

draught

twitch

heave

lug

tower

traction

hitch

trail

rip

draw in

saccade

pluck

fire

🔥

shoot

tug at

drawing

snatch

labor

labour

drawl

draft

tote

have in tow

drive

tear

push

schlep

seize

sling

spar

strife

struggle

suck

take

shlep

tourney

trailing

tugging

tussle

twist

wind

wind up

withdrawal

wrest

wring

haul in

narrow boat

take in tow

tug boat

tow-boat

pull sharply

pull violently

draw along

traction drive

withdrawment

tow target

towed target

launch tug

towing launch

Tugon

addition

carrying sling

agent

attract

attraction

barge

bite

bout

carry

cart

combat

drag along

draw back

draw off

draw out

effort

extract

fidget

flatboat

force

game

get out

gouge

hale

hoy

impulse

jolt

kedge

lead

lighter

oppose

plume

pull back

pull in

pulling

pull up

remove

retract

rive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʌɡ/

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.