Tug, v. a. Pull (with great effort), draw, haul, drag.
Tug, v. n.
- 1. Pull hard, pull with great effort.
- 2. Labor, struggle, strive.
Tug, n.
- 1. Hard pull, great effort.
- 2. Tow-boat.
- 3. Trace, drawing-strap.
Tug of war. Battle, death-struggle, struggle for life or death.
Tuition, n. Instruction, teaching, education, training, schooling.
Tulip-tree, n. White-wood (Liliodendron tulipifera).
Tullian, a. Ciceronian.
Tumble, v. n.
- 1. Roll, toss, heave, pitch about.
- 2. Fall, be precipitated, fall over, roll down, fall suddenly, topple.
- 3. Play mountebank tricks.
Tumble, v. a.
- 1. Precipitate, throw headlong.
- 2. Turn over, throw about.
- 3. Disturb, derange, rumple, put in disorder, disorder, disarrange.
Tumble, n. Fall.
Tumble-down, a. Tottering, ready to fall, dilapidated.