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tugged

/tʌɡd/

tugged is the simple past and past participle of tug.

Meaning of tug

Verb

tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)

  1. (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
    • The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
  2. (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
    • He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
  3. (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
  4. (ambitransitive, slang) To masturbate.

See all 13 meanings of tug

Phrases with tugged

Words that rhyme with tugged

Questions about tugged

What is tugged the simple past and past participle of?
Tugged is the simple past and past participle of tug.
How do you pronounce tugged?
Tugged is pronounced /tʌɡd/.

Words near tugged in the dictionary

  1. tugboatmen
  2. tugboats
  3. Tugbok
  4. Tugela
  5. tuggable
  6. tugged
  7. tugged at someone's heart strings
  8. tugged at someone's heartstrings
  9. tugged one's forelock
  10. tugger
  11. Tuggerah

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