tugged; tugging
1
: to pull or strain hard at
3
: to tow with a tugboat
tugger
noun
tugrik, tugriks
Examples of tug in a Sentence
Verb
I felt someone tugging on my sleeve.
She tugged the cord until the plug came out of the wall socket.
Noun
He felt a gentle tug on his sleeve.
gave the man in front a tug on his shirtsleeve as a sign that he was supposed to step aside
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Zeeman asked the woman to take the bottom end of the band and slowly tug it horizontally.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
This pulling motion tugs on artificial bones, creating movements similar to how the human body works.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The basic bands have the perfect amount of stretch and a smooth surface that doesn’t tug or snag.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Zeeman asked the woman to take the bottom end of the band and slowly tug it horizontally.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
The quasi-moon is expected to remain in its current near-Earth orbit for about another 60 years before the gravitational tug of the sun pulls it back into a horseshoe orbit.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
This pulling motion tugs on artificial bones, creating movements similar to how the human body works.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Tug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tug. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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