Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 36 compound words that contain tug. The most common are listed below. Open tug in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- tug of warA game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.
- tug of loveA dispute concerning which of two separated parents should have custody of one or more children.
- rub and tugA massage parlor where one can get a massage with a hand job.
- tug boatAlternative form of tugboat: A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
- tug boatsplural of tug boat: A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
- tug-of-warsplural of tug-of-war: A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.
- tug one's forelockTo show deference or obsequious respect.
- tug at someone's heart stringsAlternative form of tug at someone's heartstrings: To produce a strong emotional effect on someone, especially of compassion, love or sadness.
- tug at someone's heartstringsSynonym of play on someone's heartstrings: To produce a strong emotional effect on someone, especially of compassion, love or sadness.
- Tom TugA waterman.
Compound words 36
- toggleA wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- tugboatA small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
- countertugA tug in the opposite direction.
- tuggieThe pilot who tows a glider.
- tuggyA game played by a person with a dog, in which they both take hold of a toy or other object and attempt to pull it away from the other.
- tuglessWithout a tug or tugs.
- tuggableAble to be tugged.
- tuglikeResembling or characteristic of a tug (type of boat).
- tuglineA line connecting the gangline to each dog's harness, in dogsledding, skijoring, canicross, etc.
- tugmanSynonym of tugboatman: A man who pilots a tugboat.