Tugging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
     zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
     togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
     ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, v. t.,
     {Touch}, {Tow}, v. t., {Tuck} to press in, {Toy} a


     plaything.]
     1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
        continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
        loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
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              There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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     2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
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              To ease the pain,
              His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tug
       n 1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {jerk}]
       2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
          [syn: {tugboat}, {towboat}, {tower}]
       v 1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie
            tugs at the heart strings"
       2: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for
          years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little
          to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her
          doctoral thesis" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {push}, {drive}]
       3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter
          into the harbor"
       4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
          [syn: {lug}, {tote}]
       5: move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out
          of the mud"
       6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
       7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her
          conflicts"
       [also: {tugging}, {tugged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tugging
       See {tug}