English-Thai Dictionary

tug

N การ กระตุก  kan-kra-tuk

 

tug

N เรือโยง  ruea-yong

 

tug

SL การ ช่วยตัวเอง  การ สำเร็จความใคร่ ด้วยตัวเอง  kan-chung-tua-ang

 

tug

VT ดึง  ถอน  เด็ด  กระตุก  dung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUG

v.t.[L. duco. See Tow, to draw. ] 1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
2. To pull; to pluck.
--To ease the pain
His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain.

 

TUG

v.i.To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. 1. To labor; to strive; to struggle.
They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant. ]

 

TUG

n.A pull with the utmost effort. At the tug he falls--
Vast ruins come along--
1. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things.
2. In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUG

Tug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging. ] Etym: [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. téon, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t., Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a plaything. ]

 

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. Roscommon.

 

2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs. ] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras.

 

TUG

TUG Tug, v. i.

 

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. Milton.

 

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. Shak.

 

TUG

TUG Tug, n.

 

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. Dryden.

 

2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

 

4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

 

5. (Mining. )

 

Defn: An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tug

tug |təg təɡ | ▶verb ( tugs, tugging , tugged ) [ with obj. ] pull (something ) hard or suddenly: she tugged off her boots | [ no obj. ] : he tugged at Tom's coat sleeve. ▶noun 1 a hard or sudden pull: another tug and it came loose | figurative : an overwhelming tug of attraction. 2 short for tugboat. • an aircraft towing a glider. 3 a loop from a horse's saddle that supports a shaft or trace. DERIVATIVES tug ger noun ORIGIN Middle English: from the base of tow 1. The noun is first recorded (late Middle English ) in sense 3 of the noun .

 

Oxford Dictionary

tug

tug |tʌg | ▶verb ( tugs, tugging, tugged ) [ with obj. ] pull (something ) hard or suddenly: she tugged off her boots | [ no obj. ] : he tugged at Tom's coat sleeve. • tow (a ship ) by means of a tugboat. ▶noun 1 a hard or sudden pull: another tug and it came loose | figurative : an overwhelming tug of attraction. 2 (also tugboat ) a small, powerful boat used for towing larger boats and ships, especially in harbour. • an aircraft towing a glider. 3 a loop from a horse's saddle which supports a shaft or trace. PHRASES tug of love Brit. informal a dispute over the custody of a child. DERIVATIVES tugger noun ORIGIN Middle English: from the base of tow 1. The noun is first recorded (late Middle English ) in sense 3 of the noun .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tug

tug verb 1 Ben tugged at her sleeve: pull (at ), pluck, tweak, twitch, jerk, wrench; catch hold of, yank (at ). 2 she tugged him toward the door: drag, pull, lug, draw, haul, heave, tow. ▶noun one good tug would loosen it: pull, jerk, wrench, heave, yank.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tug

tug verb 1 Benjamin tugged at her sleeve: pull, pluck; tweak, twitch, jerk, wrench, wrest; grab, clutch, catch hold of; informal yank. 2 she tugged him towards the door: drag, pull, draw, haul, heave, tow, trail; informal lug. ▶noun the ropes still held but one good tug would do it: pull, jerk, wrench, heave; informal yank.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tug

tug /tʌɡ /動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ged /-d /; ～ging 自動詞 1 «…を » (ぐいっと )引っぱる , 強く引く «at , on » ▸ The boy tugged at his mother's arm .男の子は母親の腕を引っぱった .2 苦闘する, 努力する .3 争う, 競う .他動詞 1 …を (ぐいっと )引っぱる, …を強く引く (!この意味では 自動詞 1 が一般的 ) ; «…から » …を 引っぱり出す (away ) «out of , from » ▸ The boys started to tug the rope .少年たちは綱を引き始めた .2 〈船 〉を引き船で引く .t ù g ó n A [A ó n ]｟英 ｠A 〈服 〉を急いで着る .名詞 C 1 ＝tugboat .2 〖通例 a ～〗(ぐいっと強く )引くこと ▸ John gave her sleeve a tug .ジョンは彼女のそでを強く引っぱった .3 〖通例a ～〗突然の感情の高まり .4 努力, 奮闘 ; 競争 .5 (馬具の )引き皮 .～̀ of l ó ve 〖単数形で 〗｟英 報道 ｠親権争い .～̀ of w á r 〖単数形で 〗綱引き (競技 ); 争奪戦, 激しい争い ▸ When Greek meets Greek, then comes a tug of war .｟ことわざ ｠好敵手同士で互角の争いだ ; 両雄相まみえるところ激突あり .t ú g ger 名詞 C 引っぱる人 [もの ].