tug

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Tunia with g as a placeholder. === Symbol === tug (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tunia. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Tunia terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tŭg, IPA(key): /tʌɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌɡ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow. ==== Verb ==== tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged) (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort. (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly. (transitive) To tow by tugboat. (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== tug (plural tugs) A sudden powerful pull. (nautical) A tugboat. A type of tractor used for moving trailers. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it. (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. (slang) An act of male masturbation. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Related to toga. ==== Noun ==== tug (plural tugs) (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton. ===== Derived terms ===== tuggery === Anagrams === GUT, Gut, UTG, gut == Elfdalian == === Noun === tug n train ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Ibanag == === Noun === tug (anatomy) knee == Icelandic == === Noun === tug inflection of tugur: indefinite accusative singular indefinite dative singular == Scottish Gaelic == === Verb === tug past of thoir ==== Usage notes ==== This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug. == White Hmong == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu˧˩̤/ === Classifier === tug alternative form of tus (“classifier for long objects (such as rods or sticks) and animals or beings”)