<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.</li><li>Synonyms: wrench, jerk, yank.</li><li>to move by pulling forcibly; drag; haul.</li><li>to tow (a vessel) by means of a tugboat.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to pull with force or effort: to tug at a stuck drawer.</li><li>to strive hard; labor; toil.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.</li><li>a strenuous contest between opposing forces, groups, or persons; struggle: the tug of young minds in a seminar.</li><li>tugboat.</li><li>that by which something is tugged, as a rope or chain.</li><li>(on a harness) trace.</li><li>any of various supporting or pulling parts.</li></ul>