tug
verb
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Definition of tug
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tug
nounDefinition of tug (Entry 2 of 3)
Tug
abbreviationDefinition of Tug (Entry 3 of 3)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for tug
Synonyms: Verb
drag, draw, hale, haul, lug, pull, tow
Synonyms: Noun
draw, haul, jerk, pluck, pull, wrench, yank
Antonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of tug in a Sentence
Verb
I felt someone tugging on my sleeve. She tugged the cord until the plug came out of the wall socket.Noun
He felt a gentle tug on his sleeve. gave the man in front a tug on his shirtsleeve as a sign that he was supposed to step aside
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
All that uncertainty has led Spaceflight to pull back a bit on its own plans to tug. — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, "Here Come the Space Tugs, Ready to Tidy Up Earth's Orbits," 22 Aug. 2019 But the country banker turned journalist felt not the slightest desire to tug the forelock. — The Economist, "A new biography of Walter Bagehot, “the greatest Victorian”," 8 Aug. 2019 And maybe that was the idea all along: to tug at our sense of frustration in between the jokes and the gunfights. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Stuber is just an okay comedy, but it’s great dystopian horror," 12 July 2019 Players on both sides had to be tugged away after minutes of shouting before Jansson slowly rose to his feet to rejoin play. — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, "Orlando City defeats NYCFC in penalty kicks, advances to U.S. Open Cup semifinals," 10 July 2019 Older women in twos and threes strolled along, pulling through the racks, pausing here and there to tug at a waistband, check a price, buy a pair. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "Tokyo became a megacity by reinventing itself," 12 June 2019 She recalled being tugged between her biological family and her foster family for six confusing years before she was adopted. — Nikita Stewart, New York Times, "They Lost Custody. Should They Still Be Able to See Their Children?," 7 Aug. 2019 Peña, a 29-year-old who since joining the Angels last year had a 4.24 ERA in his first 174 innings, for days had been tugged around for interviews. — Los Angeles Times, "Felix Peña can’t repeat last week’s no-hit magic as Astros rout Angels," 17 July 2019 Conveniently, π Mensae had already been imaged with a HARPS telescope, which measures changes in the star's light as the star is tugged around its nearby planets. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Get ready for a flood of new exoplanets: TESS has already spotted two," 21 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Tow and tug boats accounted for about one-fifth of traffic over the same period. — Kelly Mayes, Science | AAAS, "Vanishing Arctic ice will open the way for more science voyages, analysis suggests," 12 Aug. 2019 From then on, the working class and the leisure class were playing a never-ending game of tug-of-war with the palm tree. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "How palm frond print went from the French Riviera to Target," 12 July 2019 For Tan, the branches of government, as well as the government and the people, are in a constant state of tug-of-war. — Madeline Mcgee, Anchorage Daily News, "Dunleavy vetoes $335,000 from Alaska judiciary budget over court’s abortion decisions," 30 June 2019 On the Express-News: California firm to buy S.A.-based Visionworks Beyond its internal contests, the county was competing with Cameron County to the south, making for a sort of tug of war between the upper and lower Valley. — Lynn Brezosky, ExpressNews.com, "Rio Grande Valley merger expected to help land more road dollars," 28 June 2019 The official told CBS News that a commercial tug boat was sent to tow the Front Altair to port also, but that Iranian Navy vessels were preventing it from tying up to the tanker. — Christina Ruffini And Tucker Reals, CBS News, "U.S. intel shows Iran tried to pick up crews from tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman," 14 June 2019 Turkey is at the center of a tug-of-war between the US and Russia, with the winning country making a deal to sell Ankara its proprietary missile defense system. — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, "The world is heading for a new missile arms race," 9 June 2019 Maguire finds himself in the centre of a Mancunian tug-of-war, with United long term admirers and City manager Pep Guardiola also thought to be keen. — SI.com, "Harry Maguire Provides Update on His Future Ahead of England's Nations League Fixtures," 5 June 2019 Beyond just designing sand sculptures, teams can compete in tug-of-war and volleyball. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, "10 things to do in Cleveland on Saturday, Aug. 3," 3 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tug.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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