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tuggy

tuggy noun: a game played by a person with a dog, in which they both take hold of a toy or other object and attempt to pull it away from the other.

Noun

tuggy (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A game played by a person with a dog, in which they both take hold of a toy or other object and attempt to pull it away from the other.
    • And while tuggy is the game of choice at work, Nanouk likes playing with plastic bottles filled with treats when she is off the clock.2013, Maria Alomajan, Dogs in Action: Working Dogs and Their Stories, page 73

Origin of tuggy

From tug + -y.

Questions about tuggy

What does tuggy mean?
Tuggy means a game played by a person with a dog, in which they both take hold of a toy or other object and attempt to pull it away from the other.
What part of speech is tuggy?
Tuggy is a noun.

Words near tuggy in the dictionary

  1. tugging one's forelock
  2. tuggingly
  3. tuggings
  4. Tuggle
  5. Tuggles
  6. tuggy
  7. Tughlakabad
  8. Tughlaqabad
  9. tughra
  10. tughras
  11. tughrik

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