(transitive) to pull or drag with great effort / (transitive) to pull hard repeatedly / (transitive) to tow by tugboat / (slang, transitive, intransitive) to masturbate

A sudden powerful pull. / (nautical) A tugboat. / (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles. / A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

plural of tug

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tug

present participle of tug

The action of something that tugs; a pull.

simple past tense and past participle of tug

plural of tugging

A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.

Alternative spelling of tug of war