[tuhg] 
,verb, tugged, tug⋅ging, noun | 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. |
| 4. | to pull with force or effort: to tug at a stuck drawer. |
| 5. | to strive hard; labor; toil. |
| 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)
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