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tugless

tugless adjective: without a tug or tugs.

Adjective

tugless (not comparable)

  1. Without a tug or tugs.
    • I wanted a barge, tugless this time, to pass in the darkness.2003, Michael Brodsky, Detour, page 193

Origin of tugless

From tug + -less.

Questions about tugless

What does tugless mean?
Tugless means without a tug or tugs.
What part of speech is tugless?
Tugless is an adjective.

Words near tugless in the dictionary

  1. tughras
  2. tughrik
  3. tughriks
  4. tugjob
  5. tugjobs
  6. tugless
  7. tuglike
  8. tugline
  9. tuglines
  10. tugman
  11. tugmen

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