HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tugs
/tʌɡz/
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What does tugs mean?
noun
- plural of tug
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tug
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IPA pronunciation
/tʌɡz/
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Resolv’d in mind, regardless of the smart, He tugs with both his hands, and breaks the dart.
Crews of small boats and tugs, all jet black woolly heads and very muscular.
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The old man scrambled about and began to loose the tugs.
I then hear the points of the poison-fangs grinding against the steel of my pincers, which tug in one direction while the Lycosa tugs in the other.
All commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. Also, a grouping of merchant ships by nationality or register.