tug
/tʌɡ/
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American sound/tʌɡ/
tug
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US voice -> tug
Myanmar meaning
(v.t) အားစိုက်၍ဆွဲသည်။ဆွဲငင်သည်။ဆွဲယူထားသည်။
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(က) ~ (at) sth ဆွဲသည်။ ဆောင့်ဆွဲသည်။ tug at sb's elbow/ sleeve (eg to attract attention) ❍ (fig ) It's a poignant story that really tugs at the heartstrings (ie makes one feel sad). ❍ Don't tug my hair! ❍ He tugged the door open. ❍ We tugged so hard that the rope broke. (ခ) ဆောင့်(ဆွဲ)သည်။ သုတ်သည်။ The wind nearly tugged my umbrella out of my hand.
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၁။ ဆောင့်ဆွဲခြင်း။ I felt a tug at my sleeve. ❍ She gave her sister's hair a sharp tug.
၂။ (also tugboat ) ဆွဲသင်္ဘော။
❏ tug of love n [sing] (Brit infml )
ကွာရှင်းပြီးလင်နှင့်မယားကသားသမီးထိန်းသိမ်း ပိုင်ခွင့်အတွက်လုခြင်း။ a tug-of-love drama.
❏ tug of war n
[sing, U] လွန်ဆွဲပွဲ။
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