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tugger

tugger

1 6.8
A person or machine that pulls something hard
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌɡər/
translation icon : tirador
  • The tugger pulled the heavy crates across the warehouse floor with great effort.
  • heart-tugger

Examples

  • Here came the redheaded Dry Foods picker, barreling out of a row on his tugger and pulling his three wagons full of product.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • At the construction site, the tugger was busy dragging materials to the workers.

  • Baffled, the boy on the tugger swiveled his head this way and that.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Just as he is about to go back into the freezer, a picker from the Dry Foods section of the warehouse rides up on his electric truck known as a tugger.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Using a tugger, he managed to move the large sofa around the corner.

Synonyms

puller
vstugger
5 5.4

A person, animal, or machine that moves things to do a job

focuses more on pulling with effort rather than role in a task
yanker
vstugger
1 9.8

A person who pulls something hard and suddenly

describes a pull done with steady effort rather than a sudden jerk
dragger
vstugger
1 6.1

A person who pulls something heavy to move it

is the same meaning but often used as the standard or neutral term

Surface Forms

tugger singular
tuggers plural

Morphology

tugger = tug (transparent) = tug + er

Productive agentive formation: 'tug' + '-er' yields 'one who tugs', directly predictable for learners.

Etymology

The word tugger comes from the short verb tug meaning 'to pull' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does something'. So a tugger is simply 'one who pulls', like a person in a game of tug-of-war or a small boat called a tugboat that pulls ships.