Definitions
a sudden abrupt pull
Word origin
From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”).
Used in a sentence
“The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.”
“He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.”
“At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pull hard”3 letters
02“Sharp pull”3 letters
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