tugging

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/ˈtʌɡɪŋ/

noun

The action of something that tugs; a pull.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tug
nountugging (plural tuggings)

plural tuggings

  1. The action of something that tugs; a pull.

    Yet there began to be insistent tuggings as if from a dream that could not be recalled.

    1951, Raymond F. Jones, Renaissance

Translations

Spanish jaloneo
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tugging

plugginghuggingbuggingmuggingchuggingluggingshruggingdrugging
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Cite this entry
APA

tugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tugging

MLA

“tugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tugging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tugging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tugging.

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