tug
See also: Tuğ
English
Etymology
From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), 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 tee, tow.
Pronunciation
- enPR: tŭg, IPA(key): /tʌɡ/
- Rhymes: -ʌɡ
Verb
tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)
Derived terms
- tug down
- tug up
Translations
to pull with great effort
to pull repeatedly
Noun
tug (plural tugs)
- a sudden powerful pull
- Dryden
- At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
- Dryden
- (nautical) a tugboat
- (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- (slang) An act of masturbation
- He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
Derived terms
Scottish Gaelic
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.
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