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tug-boat

tug-boat is the alternative form of tugboat.

Meaning of tugboat

Noun

tugboat (plural tugboats)

  1. A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
    Synonyms:
    tug
  2. (Internet, euphemistic, rare) A Social Security Disability Insurance payment; monthly tugboat

Forms of tug-boat

pluraltug-boats

Questions about tug-boat

What is tug-boat the alternative form of?
Tug-boat is the alternative form of tugboat.

Words near tug-boat in the dictionary

  1. tug boats
  2. tug of love
  3. tug of war
  4. tug of wars
  5. tug one's forelock
  6. tug-boat
  7. tug-boats
  8. tug-of-war
  9. tug-of-wars
  10. tugarinovite
  11. Tugas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tug-boat (page history and authors); tugboat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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