Definition of Tugged

1. Verb. (past of tug) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tugged

1. tug [v] - See also: tug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tugged

tuftings
tuftless
tufts
tuftsin
tufty
tug-boat
tug-of-war
tug boat
tug of love
tug of war
tugan
tugarinovite
tugboat
tugboats
tugged (current term)
tugger
tuggers
tugging
tuggingly
tuggings
tughra
tughras
tughrik
tughriks
tugless
tugra
tugras
tugrik
tugriks

Literary usage of Tugged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"Nevertheless, there is a musical senten- tiousness in his terse rhymes, and an air of business about them ; his Pegasus tugged over the clods with his ..."

2. Great Pictures as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1907)
"THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE tugged TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838 (TURNER) JOHN RUSKIN "The flag which braved the battle and the breeze No longer owns ..."

3. A General History of Scotland: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by William Guthrie (1767)
"... device of the medallion I have mentioned,, he had. another, that of two tugged rocks in the ... tugged ..."

4. Everyday Classics First Reader by Fannie Wyche Dunn, Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike (1922)
"And the old man tugged at the turnip. And the old woman tugged at the old man. The little girl tugged at the old woman. The dog tugged at the little girl. ..."

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