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tugged |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr & vb n. {Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS t['e]on, 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.
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