Synonyms for tug
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tuhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : tÊŒg |
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Définition of tug
Origin :- early 13c., from weak grade of Old English teohan "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *teukh- "pull," from PIE *deuk- "to pull, to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to tow (v.). Related: Tugged; tugging.
- noun quick pull
- She swayed forward bodily to his tug, and nearly went off the chair.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- And many a tug did this lordly fear cost us both, God knows!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Duncan removed one hand from the pocket the better to tug at his moustache.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Purplish shadows had already begun to dim the tug and dock and ocean.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Do you mean you object to sailing this tug on account of some imaginary thing?
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- I must disable this machinery and give the tug a chance to escape.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- A tug couldn't do nothin' with sails—she isn't made for sails!
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- That tug looks like a water bug 'itched to a 'ouse-boat—it's hunreasonable!
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- As they had suspected, there was no sign of the tug's crew aboard.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The tug's hull was practically filled with a maze of machinery.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
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