Tug /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

   There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.

2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]

   To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain.

1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

   He tugged, he shook, till down they came.

2. To labor; to strive; to struggle.

   England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state.

1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

   At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.

2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. (Naut.)
4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. (Mining.)