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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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tugboat

/tʌɡ/

US pronunciation
American sound/tʌɡ/
tugboat
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

tug - boat -> tugboat

Myanmar meaning

တွန်းသင်္ဘော

Full entry

tug /tʌg/ v (-gg- )

(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.
n
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။

More examples
  • [tug at/on something] : The little boy kept tugging on his mother’s skirt.
Synonyms
pull, tow, haul, heave, jerk, yank, wrench, drag, draw, lug, quick pull, strain, toil, traction
Antonyms
push
Cross references
pulltowhaulheavejerkyankwrenchdragdrawlugquick pullstraintoiltractionpushbrokedon'tdoordramaelbowfeltgavehairhandhardheartstringsherit's
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