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tugnoun the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the forcegave the man in front a tug on his shirtsleeve as a sign that he was supposed to step aside draw, haul, jerk, pluck, pull, wrench, yank drag, towhitch, twitchgrab, snatch push heave, shove, thrust tugverbto cause to follow by applying steady force ontugged on the door until it opened drag, draw, hale, haul, lug, pull, tow attractheave, jerk, yankcarry, convey, ferry, move, transport drive, propel, push shove, thrust to devote serious and sustained effortshe's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch inattack, driveessay, tryexercise, exert, overexert, overworkeke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratchtrudge, wade sweat blood break, ease (up), let up, slackenbum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg outbask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwinddabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about(British), mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle in the 14th century |