Tumble vs Tug - What's the difference?
tumble | tug |
A fall.
An act of sexual intercourse.
* John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
* 1979 , Martine, Sexual Astrology (page 219)
(lb) To fall end over end.
*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
:(Rowe)
To roll over and over.
*1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows)
*:The two animals tumbled over each other in their eagerness to get inside, and heard the door shut behind them with great joy and relief.
(lb) To have sexual intercourse.
(lb) To smooth and polish a rough surface on relatively small parts.
To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
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to pull or drag with great effort
to pull hard repeatedly
to tow by tugboat
a sudden powerful pull
* Dryden
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(nautical) a tugboat
(obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
(mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
(slang) An act of masturbation
As nouns the difference between tumble and tug
is that tumble is a fall while tug is a sudden powerful pull.As verbs the difference between tumble and tug
is that tumble is (lb) to fall end over end while tug is to pull or drag with great effort.tumble
English
Noun
(en noun)- I took a tumble down the stairs and broke my tooth.
- Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take our Aertex panters off / And have a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun?
- When you've just had a tumble between the sheets and are feeling rumpled and lazy, she may want to get up so she can make the bed.
Derived terms
* rough and tumble * take a tumble * tumble dryer * tumbler * give a tumbleVerb
(tumbl)Derived terms
* tumble totug
English
Verb
(tugg)- The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.
- He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.
Derived terms
* tug down * tug upNoun
(en noun)- At the tug he falls, / Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.
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- (Halliwell)
- He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
