tug
tuhg
- n a sudden abrupt pull
- n a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- v pull hard
The prisoner tugged at the chains
This movie tugs at the heart strings - v strive and make an effort to reach a goal
She tugged for years to make a decent living - v tow (a vessel) with a tug
The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor - v carry with difficulty
- v move by pulling hard
The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud - v pull or strain hard at
Each oar was tugged by several men - v struggle in opposition
She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts
- It required only 660 well-paid (from $440 to $674 per month) railroad tugboat workers, plus a blizzard, to bring complete and even desperate confusion last week to New York City .
- The French tug Minotaure got a line aboard the hulk's stern just as the Dutch tug Rood Zee got one aboard the prow.
- He crawls into the fire box of the Narcissus to repair the boiler so that the tug can pull the Glacier Queen out of danger.