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We found 20 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word tugging:
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General dictionaries General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. tugging: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. tugging: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  3. tugging: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. Tugging, tugging: Wordnik [home, info]
  5. tugging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  6. tugging: Wiktionary [home, info]
  7. tugging: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  8. tugging: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  9. tugging: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  10. Tugging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  11. Tugging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. Tugging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  13. tugging: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  14. tugging: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  15. tugging: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  16. tugging: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tugging: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tugging: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tugging: Idioms [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tugging: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (tug)

noun:  a sudden abrupt pull
noun:  a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
verb:  strive and make an effort to reach a goal ("She tugged for years to make a decent living")
verb:  struggle in opposition ("She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts")
verb:  pull hard ("The prisoner tugged at the chains")
verb:  pull or strain hard at ("Each oar was tugged by several men")
verb:  move by pulling hard ("The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud")
verb:  tow (a vessel) with a tug ("The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor")
verb:  carry with difficulty

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