Tugging

verb

/ˈtʌɡɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo pull or drag with great effort

"The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub."

2.verbTo pull hard repeatedly

"He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter."

3.verbTo tow by tugboat

4.nounThe action of something that tugs; a pull.

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