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Tugboats - English meaning

Tugboats – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A hard or sudden pull.

Usage examples:

Another tug and it came loose

Synonims:

PullJerkWrenchHeaveYank
noun

A small, powerful boat used for towing larger boats and ships, especially in harbour.

noun

A loop from a horse's saddle which supports a shaft or trace.

noun

A boat with a powerful engine which can change direction easily and is used to pull large ships into and out of port

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拖船

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Sleepboten, Sleepboot

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Remorqueurs, Remorqueur

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Schlepper

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टगबोट्स

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Rimorchiatori, Rimorchiatore

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예인선

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Буксиры, Буксир, Буксирное судно

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Remolcadores, Remolcador

Word origin

Middle English: from the base of tow1. The noun is first recorded (late Middle English) in tug (sense 3 of the noun).

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Tugboats – similar words

tugboat

noun

A hard or sudden pull.

Usage examples:

Another tug and it came loose
verb

Pull (something) hard or suddenly.

Usage examples:

She tugged off her boots
noun

A boat with a powerful engine which can change direction easily and is used to pull large ships into and out of port

Tugboat - all meanings in English

Tugboats synonims

heave

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place
noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud
verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …
Heave - all meanings in English

jerk

noun

A quick, sharp, sudden movement.

Usage examples:

He gave a sudden jerk of his head
verb

Move or cause to move with a jerk.

Usage examples:

The van jerked forward
verb

Season or marinate (meat or fish) in a blend of chilli, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecue it over a wood fire.

Usage examples:

If they didn't use pimento to jerk the chicken it's not the original jamaican jerk chicken
Jerk - all meanings in English

pull

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch
noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots
verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

Pull - all meanings in English

wrench

noun

A sudden violent twist or pull.

Usage examples:

With a wrench tony wriggled free
verb

Pull or twist suddenly and violently.

Usage examples:

Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand
verb

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

Wrench - all meanings in English

yank

verb

Pull with a jerk.

Usage examples:

Her hair was yanked, and she screamed
noun

A sudden hard pull.

Usage examples:

One of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank
noun

An american.

Usage examples:

The american at home is the opposite of the yank abroad: helpful, charming and painfully sincere.
Yank - all meanings in English

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