Synonyms for tug

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tuhg

Phonetic Transcription : tʌg

Top 10 synonyms for tug

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wrench
yank

Définition of tug

Origin : early 13c., from weak grade of Old English teohan "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *teukh- "pull," from PIE *deuk- "to pull, to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to tow (v.). Related: Tugged; tugging.

noun quick pull

Example sentences :

She swayed forward bodily to his tug, and nearly went off the chair.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

And many a tug did this lordly fear cost us both, God knows!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Duncan removed one hand from the pocket the better to tug at his moustache.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Purplish shadows had already begun to dim the tug and dock and ocean.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Do you mean you object to sailing this tug on account of some imaginary thing?
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

I must disable this machinery and give the tug a chance to escape.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

A tug couldn't do nothin' with sails—she isn't made for sails!
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

That tug looks like a water bug 'itched to a 'ouse-boat—it's hunreasonable!
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

As they had suspected, there was no sign of the tug's crew aboard.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

The tug's hull was practically filled with a maze of machinery.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

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