Usually means: Pulled with a forceful jerk.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. tugged: Merriam-Webster
  2. tugged: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tugged: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tugged: Vocabulary.com
  5. Tugged, tugged: Wordnik
  6. tugged: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tugged: Wiktionary
  8. tugged: Dictionary.com
  9. tugged: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Tugged: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Tugged: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. tugged: FreeDictionary.org
  13. tugged: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tugged: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tugged: Medical dictionary

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  1. tugged: Idioms

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  1. tugged: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See tug as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tug)

verb:  (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
verb:  (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
verb:  (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
verb:  (slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.
noun:  A sudden powerful pull.
noun:  (nautical) A tugboat.
noun:  (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
noun:  A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
noun:  A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
noun:  (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
noun:  (slang) An act of male masturbation.
noun:  (UK, slang) A foundationer or colleger at Eton.
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