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Tug Crossword Clue

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97%4Exact Match!
noun

• an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

• an American (especially to non-Americans)

verb

• pull, or move with a sudden movement

96%3Exact Match!
noun

• the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

verb

• drag behind

90%4 Type of race where cars compete by accelerating as quickly as possible
noun

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

verb

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic20 Dec 2024 Down 59
Telegraph Quick16 Sep 2024 Across 26
The Guardian Quick11 Jan 2024 Down 23
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