English-German translations for tug

• zerren
• abschleppen
• bugsieren
• reißen
• Remorqueur
• Ruck der
• rücken
• schleppen
• Schlepper der
  Ich kann Ihnen sagen: Die holländischen Schlepper sind in Hamburg eingebrochen, die hamburgischen Schlepper brechen in Antwerpen ein. I can assure you that Dutch tugs have penetrated the Hamburg market, and tugs from Hamburg are achieving the breakthrough in Antwerp.
  Gleiches gilt für andere Berufsgruppen, wie Lotsen, Schlepper und Festmacher, womit die Qualität und die Unabhängigkeit der erbrachten Dienstleistung gefährdet wird. The same applies to employees in other trades, such as pilots, tug masters and inshore pilots, the quality and independence of whose services were jeopardised by the draft directive.

Definition of tug

• to pull or drag with great effort
• to pull hard repeatedly
• to tow by tugboat
• A sudden powerful pull
• A tugboat
• A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness
• An act of masturbation

Examples

• The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
• He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
• He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.

Related words

• Portugal
• Portuguese
• tugboat
• tug-of-war
• tugrik
• tugged
• Portugese
• tughra
• Portugueseness