Clues for the word "TUG"
We've had 133 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 467 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on March 23, 2025.
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
- 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
- Your Life Choices - February 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2024
- Family Time - December 09, 2024
- LA Times - December 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 27, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 19, 2024
- New York Times - November 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 27, 2024
- USA Today - October 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 18, 2024
- New York Times - October 15, 2024
- New York Times - September 22, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2024
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