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Nouns (4)

jerk

n. a sudden abrupt pull

tugboat, towboat, tower

n. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

Verbs (7)

tug

v. pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"

tug

v. move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"

tug

v. pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"

tug

v. tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"

tug

v. struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"

lug, tote

v. carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"

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Fuzzynyms (31)

twitch, twitching, vellication

n. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

grab

n. a mechanical device for gripping an object

snap

n. a sudden breaking

tow

v. drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

trawl

v. fish with trawlers

buck, jerk, hitch

v. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"

hike up, hitch up

v. pull up; "He hitched up his socks and pants"

yank, jerk

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

shlep, schlep, pull along

v. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

drag

v. use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"

buck, jerk, hitch

v. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"

shlep, schlep, pull along

v. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"

heave

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

heave, heave up, heft, heft up

v. lift or elevate

tow

v. drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal"

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Antonyms (2)

press, push

v. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"

sicken > disgust > serious > daybreak > plain > attention-getting > conjugate > tug

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