Tugboat

Definition

tug /tʌg/ v ( -gg- ) (က) ~ (at) sth ဆြဲသည္။ ေဆာင့္ဆြဲသည္။ 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) ေဆာင့္(ဆြဲ)သည္။ သုတ္သည္။ The wind nearly tugged my umbrella out of my hand. n ၁။ ေဆာင့္ဆြဲျခင္း။ I felt a tug at my sleeve. ❍ She gave her sister's hair a sharp tug. ၂။ (also tugboat ) ဆြဲသေဘၤာ။ ❏ tug of love n [sing] ( Brit infml ) ကြာရွင္းၿပီးလင္ႏွင့္မယားကသားသမီးထိန္းသိမ္း ပိုင္ခြင့္အတြက္လုျခင္း။ a tug-of-love drama. ❏ tug of war n [sing, U] လြန္ဆြဲပြဲ။

Examples

1. [tug at/on something] : The little boy kept tugging on his mother’s skirt.