- Types Of Speech
- You can use tug as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Tug
- A 1 syllables noun and 3 letters with the letters g, t, and u, 2 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Tug starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters t, tu, and the ending characters are g, ug, ..
- Definition
- A sudden abrupt pull
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Tug is set as a grade one word that starts with t, ends with g, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 3 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is tug a scrabble word? A 4 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Tug in Pig Latin is said as "ugtay or ugtway".
- Unigram
- t | u | g
- Bigram
- tu | ug
- Trigram
- tug
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a sudden abrupt pull
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- Verb Examples
- struggle in opposition;
"She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" - pull hard;
"The prisoner tugged at the chains";
"This movie tugs at the heart strings" - pull or strain hard at;
"Each oar was tugged by several men" - move by pulling hard;
"The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud" - carry with difficulty;
"You'll have to lug this suitcase" - tow (a vessel) with a tug;
"The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor" - strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
"She tugged for years to make a decent living";
"We have to push a little to make the deadline!";
"She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Adduct | a compound formed by an addition reaction |
| Adduction | (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body |
| Affinity | a natural attraction or feeling of kinship "an affinity for politics" "the mysterious affinity between them" "James''s affinity with Sam" |
| Allurement | the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) |
| Anhydrate | |
| Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Arbalest | medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| Arbalist | medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Tug
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tug | a sudden abrupt pull |
| Gut | a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery |
View English words with the unique letters used in tug. Words With The Letters Gtu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jerk | a sudden abrupt pull |
| Tug | a sudden abrupt pull |
| Twitch | a sudden muscle spasm especially one caused by a nervous condition |
| Yank | an American |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pull | the act of pulling applying force to move something toward or with you "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder" "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| Pulling | the act of pulling applying force to move something toward or with you "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder" "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Tug | Yes | No |
| Tugiana | No | Yes |
| Tugma | Yes | No |
| Tugga | Yes | Yes |
| Tugay | Yes | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tug (3 letters) | 4 | 6 | tug | ||
| Gut (3 letters) | 4 | 6 | tug | ||
| Taegu (5 letters) | 6 +2 | 8 +2 | taegu | ||
| Tegu (4 letters) | 5 +1 | 7 +1 | tegu | ||
| Utug (4 letters) | 5 +1 | 8 +2 | gtuu | ||
| Gutty (5 letters) | 9 +5 | 10 +4 | gutty |
Tug Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With T
- Ends With G
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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