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tug    Audio Help   [tuhg] Pronunciation Key, verb, tugged, tug·ging, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
2.to move by pulling forcibly; drag; haul.
3.to tow (a vessel) by means of a tugboat.
–verb (used without object)
4.to pull with force or effort: to tug at a stuck drawer.
5.to strive hard; labor; toil.
–noun
6.an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
7.a strenuous contest between opposing forces, groups, or persons; struggle: the tug of young minds in a seminar.
8.tugboat.
9.that by which something is tugged, as a rope or chain.
10.(on a harness)
a.trace2 (def. 1).
b.any of various supporting or pulling parts.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME toggen to play-wrestle, contend; akin to OE togian to tow1]

—Related forms
tugger, noun
tugless, adjective

—Synonyms 1. yank, jerk, wrench.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  tug
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  chain, contend, contest, drag, draw, drudge, effort, haul, heave, labor, lug, pull, rope, strain, strap, strive, struggle, toil, tow, wrestle, yank
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  jerk
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A sudden motion, such as a pull.
Synonyms:  lurch, snap, twitch, wrench, yank
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  labor
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion.
Synonyms:  drive, fag, moil, strain, strive, sweat, toil, travail, work
Idioms:  back
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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