Clues for the word "TUG"
We've had 133 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 491 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of tug
- v. t. - To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
- v. t. - To pull; to pluck.
- v. i. - To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
- v. i. - To labor; to strive; to struggle.
- n. - A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
- n. - A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- n. - A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
- n. - A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
- n. - An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
Referring Clues
- It proceeds with craft
- ___ of war
- Jerk
- Action on the shirt sleeves
- Pull
- Act of war?
- Tower in the water
- Yank
- Quick draw?
- Harbor workhorse
- Harbor craft
- Harbor boat
- Big jerk
- Harbor tower
- River tower
- Drawing of the heart?
- Port pusher
- Harbor pusher
- You can do it to heartstrings
- Haul
- Sign of a fish on the line
- Harbor helper
- Participate in a war?
- Barge puller
- Pull hard
- Ship-to-shore aid
- Harbor vessel
- Fight in a war?
- Yank hard
- Hardworking boat
- Pull with force
- Indication of a fish on a line
- Boat in a harbor
- Pull, as ropes
- Indication of a fish on the line
- Type of boat
- Harbor craft, perhaps
- Play with a dog toy, maybe
- Harbor sight
- Drawer of ships
- Pull (on)
- Wrench
- Pull lightly
- Carrier puller
- Harbour sight
- Pull sharply
- Pull at with effort
- Water tower?
- Pull at
- Gentle pull
- Pull gently
- Pull on
- Tooting boat
- Harbor work boat
- Tower in the bay
- Barge pusher
- Drawer of ships?
- Hard pull
- Port vessel
- "___ of War" (1982 Paul McCartney album)
- Big jerk?
- Boat tower
- Mlb relief pitcher who was country singer Tim's father
- Harbour vessel
- Kind of boat
- Garbage barge puller
- Fish-on-the-line sign
- Barge mover
- Harbor whistler
- Type of harbor boat
- Sharp pull
- Sharp yank
- Harbor hauler
- It has a ot pull
- Yank's cousin
- Towboat
- Kind of riverboat
- Give a little pull
- Harbor escort
- Harbor puller
- Promising action on a fishing line
- Port whistler
- A little yank
- Drag
- ___ boat, a harbor vessel
- ___ of war (picnic event, sometimes)
- Boat from Portugal
- Sudden abrupt pull
- Liner puller
- '82 Paul McCartney album "___ of War"
- Tough? Oh no!
- Draw a vessel
- Portuguese vessel?
- Pull a vessel
- Pull - small boat
- A tower of strength
- Towing boat
- Tow (of war?)
- With 48-Down, former pitcher whose son Tim is a country singer
- Relief pitcher McGraw
- Water tower?
- Vigorous pull
- Port working vessel
- Rope pulling contest, ___ of war
- The craft of war?
- Harbour work boat
- Yank backing good German
- Boat that tows other boats
- ___-of-war (competition that requires a rope)
- Cause of a sleeve movement
- Pull or twist a gut
- May be of love or war
- Hauler in the harbor
- Give a yank
- Bay escort
- Pull out of Portugal
- Attention-getting pull
- Pull forcefully
- Strain a gut?
- Liner's aid
- Harbor ship
- Yank sharply
- Quick pull
- Little drawing?
- Barge tower
- Boat pulling a barge
- Portuguese vessel?
- Port tower
- Small pull
- Pull really hard
- Tower in a port
- Sudden pull
- Kind of boat with pull
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 10, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 04, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 01, 2025
- New York Times - May 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 23, 2025
- New York Times - April 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2025
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