{ "tug":{ "antonyms":[ "draw", "haul", "jerk", "pluck", "pull", "wrench", "yank" ], "definitions":{ ": a rope or chain used for pulling":[], ": a short leather strap or loop":[], ": a straining effort":[], ": a strong pulling force":[], ": a struggle between two people or opposite forces":[], ": an act or instance of tugging : pull":[], ": to carry with difficulty : lug":[], ": to exert oneself laboriously : labor":[], ": to move by pulling hard : haul":[], ": to pull hard":[], ": to pull or strain hard at":[], ": to struggle in opposition : contend":[], ": to tow with a tugboat":[], ": trace entry 3 sense 1":[], ": tugboat":[], "tugrik , tugriks":[] }, "examples":[ "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", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Those riffs are part of Growin\u2019 Up\u2019s sonic maturity; its spacious production, helmed by Combs alongside co-producers Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton, allows guitar licks and thumping bass lines to tug songs in sometimes surprising directions. \u2014 Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone , 25 June 2022", "One person's bad day can tug everyone's energy down during a meeting, and hearing about a friend's frantic panic buying in the early days of the pandemic may have triggered some purchases of your own. \u2014 Forbes , 18 May 2022", "Use the tip of the paring knife or scissor blade to get under the dark vein and gently tug it out from the top. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 16 Nov. 2021", "Yet, there was still enough room for Cabello to pull and tug at the dress when needed. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021", "The little humans pull and tug at the masks constantly. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021", "Jackson would eventually be joined by nine others \u2014 all jumpsuited \u2014 for a pastiche of jazzy, soulful moves that tug at the diasporic roots of Ailey\u2019s modern dance. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2022", "This tech fabric covering from Mystery Ranch features bands that go over the head instead of loops that tug on your ears. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 31 July 2020", "Really, after two years of working from home in day dresses and athleisure, who wants to be flat on their back trying to tug up a super-skinny jean", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "According to an Associated Press report, the plan to refloat the ship includes lightening the ballast, dredging the mud around the ship and refloating the ship at high tide using tug boats and the ship's engine. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2022", "There was this constant tug -of-war between me, my family, and my doctor. \u2014 Alexis Jones, Health.com , 15 Dec. 2021", "As this tug of war continues, here are the potential winners and losers. \u2014 Dallas News , 19 July 2021", "The star's massive size and blazing hot temperatures also factor into this tug of war. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 May 2021", "The outcome of this tug of war will decide the direction of a party that is shut out of control in Congress and the White House, and must focus on making electoral gains in the 2022 midterm elections. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2021", "The series featured children's games from South Korean culture, including a version of red light, green light, a game in which contestants tried to scrape shapes out of dalgona candy with a needle, tug of war and the squid game. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022", "Highlights include tractor games, an old-time tug and pull, and at noon Saturday, a tractor parade through Falmouth. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022", "Buscaino\u2019s proposal is part of a lengthy tug of war at City Hall over how far, and how fast, to enforce the city\u2019s anti-camping law. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English tuggen ; akin to Old English togian to pull \u2014 more at tow":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8t\u0259g" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "drag", "draw", "hale", "haul", "lug", "pull", "tow" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192753", "type":[ "abbreviation", "noun", "verb" ] }, "tug chain":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a harness tug made of chain":[], ": a short chain at the end of a harness tug to attach it to the whiffletree":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202309", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tug-of-war":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground":[], ": a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cct\u0259g-\u0259(v)-\u02c8w\u022fr", "\u02cct\u0259g-\u0259v-\u02c8w\u022fr" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ball game", "battle", "combat", "competition", "conflict", "confrontation", "contention", "contest", "dogfight", "duel", "face-off", "grapple", "match", "rivalry", "strife", "struggle", "sweepstakes", "sweep-stake", "war", "warfare" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233147", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tug/pull at one's heartstrings":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to stir one's emotions":[ "That movie really tugs/pulls at your heartstrings ." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192806", "type":[ "idiom" ] }, "tug/touch one's forelock":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to be too concerned with pleasing someone whom one thinks is powerful or important":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184757", "type":[ "idiom" ] }, "tugboat":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Around June 20, Ukrainian forces renewed their assault on the island, striking a Russian tugboat delivering weapons and personnel to the island. \u2014 Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022", "Ukraine has notched some victories in the south, including a successful strike on a Russian tugboat with at least one U.S.-made Harpoon anti-ship missile, a U.S. defense official confirmed. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022", "The United States confirmed a Ukrainian claim to have struck a Russian tugboat . \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 18 June 2022", "The strike on the Vasiliy Bekh tugboat is the first time Ukrainian officials have acknowledged deploying the Harpoon systems, which have been sent by the U.K. and Denmark. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 17 June 2022", "The tugboat and barge that ran aground in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, respectively, Thursday night have been removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and the beaches have fully reopened. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Feb. 2022", "On Thursday, officials said the construction contractor was able to safely get on the river and secure the barge with a tugboat and pull it safely to the shore at a private residence on the West Virginia side. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 8 May 2022", "The NBC News Social Newsgathering team also noted that one of the images circulating online showed the ship noticeably leaning portside and that a rescue tugboat could be faintly seen behind the Moskva spraying two streams of water into the air. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022", "She was placed on a barge and pulled to sea by tugboat . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1830, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8t\u0259g-\u02ccb\u014dt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193745", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tugrik":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "the basic monetary unit of Mongolia \u2014 see Money Table":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1927, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Mongolian t\u00f6grig , literally, circle, wheel":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8t\u00fc-grik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191245", "type":[ "noun" ] } }