Tugboat

Definition: Tugboat

Tugboat

Noun

1. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tugboat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)

Transportation

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Synonyms: Tugboat

Crosswords: Tugboat

But I think I look more like Tugboat Annie. (The Producers; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river dontcha know (Mack The Knife; performing artist: Bobby Darin)

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1958)

Tugboat Granny (1956)

Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)

Tugboat Mickey (1940)

A Tugboat Romeo (1916)

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Books

• My Grandpa is a Tugboat Captain (reference)

• Northwest Tugboat Captain: The Life and Times of Captain Martin Guchee 1905 & His Adventures on Our Northwest Waters (reference)

• Scuffy the Tugboat (reference)

• The Tugboat (reference)

• Tough Little Tugboat (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Theodore Tugboat - Theodore's Friendly Adventures (reference)

• Theodore Tugboat - Exceptional Friends (reference)

• How a Tugboat Works, with IQ Parrot (reference)

• Theodore Tugboat - Underwater Mysteries (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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NASA Tugboat Ferries Liquid Oxygen. Credit: NASA.

A barge-towing tugboat cruising by the FERREL during status and trends operations in Charleston Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A tugboat tows an old freighter down the bay and under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge . Credit: America's Coastlines.

The net is now closing in a nearly perfect circle. The purse seiner is now starting to pull the net back on board. The workboat is seen to the left and is secured to the ship. It is now acting like a tugboat and is pulling the purse seiner away from the net so that it does not become entangled. Credit: Fisheries.

Off Natchez, Mississippi, in July 1864, with a tugboat alongside her starboard quarter. Credit: NAVY.

The upper engraving depicts the U.S. Potomac Flotilla in the Potomac between Freestone Point, Va., and Indian Head, Md., to prevent the passage of Confederates from Virginia to Maryland. Features seen include (from left to right): Tugboat Murray; USS Jacob Bell; Indian Head, Maryland; USS Yankee; USS Penguin; USS Satellite; USS Seminole; Confederate battery at Freestone Point; and the mouth of the Occoquan River. The lower engraving depicts a scene in Falls Village, Virginia, which was occupied by Federal troops. It shows Taylor's Tavern and the northern extremity of the town. Credit: NAVY.

Tugboat in moonlight. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tugboat with barge carrying cannon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Captain of tugboat at the wheel, lower Mississippi River. Credit: Library of Congress.

Deck hand on U.S. Engineers' tugboat, Burrwood, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Albanian

rimorkiator (tow, tow-boat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏زورق جرار, ‏زورق السحب (tug). (various references)

Bulgarian 

влекач (traction engine, tractor, tug), буксир (tug). (various references)

Chinese 

拖轮. (various references)

Czech

remorkér. (various references)

Danish

bugserbåd (tug). (various references)

Dutch

sleepboot (tug). (various references)

Esperanto

trenŝipo (tug). (various references)

French

remorqueur (tug). (various references)

German

Schlepper (hauler, haulers, tout, tractor, tug), Schleppdampfer (tugboats). (various references)

Greek 

ρυμουλκό πλοίο (tow-boat, tug), ρυμουλκό (tug). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'וררת (tug), ספי� ת �'רר. (various references)

Hungarian

vontatóhajó (tow-boat). (various references)

Indonesian

kapal penarik (tug). (various references)

Italian

rimorchiatore (hauler, towboat, tug). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

曳船 (towing), 曳き船 , 引き船 , タクシー乗り� � (cycle time, tachogenerator, tactic, tactics, tag, task, TASS, taxi rank). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきぶね (towing), ひきふね (towing), タグボート , えいせ�" (towing). (various references)

Korean 

예인� . (various references)

Manx

tug, baatey tayrnee. (various references)

Pig Latin

ugboattay

Portuguese

rebocador (plasterer, tug). (various references)

Russian 

буксирное судно (tow-boat). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tegljač, remorker (tow-boat), šleper (billy-boy, tow), šlep (scow, train). (various references)

Spanish

remolcador (tug). (various references)

Swedish

bogserbåt (towboat, tug). (various references)

Turkish

römorkör (towboat, tug). (various references)

Ukrainian

буксир (tug). (various references)

Vietnamese 

t� u kéo (tow-boat). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "tugboat": tugboats. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tugboat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tobgyal, togboat, Turbobat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tautog.

-2 letters: about, battu, gutta.

-3 letters: abut, auto, batt, boat, bota, bott, bout, butt, goat, gout, tabu, taut, toga, tout, tuba.

-4 letters: abo, ago, att, bag, bat, boa, bog, bot, bug, but, gab, gat, goa, gob, got, gut, oat, out, tab, tag, tao, tat, tau, tog, tot, tub, tug, tut, uta.

-5 letters: ab, ag, at.

+1 letter: tugboats.

+3 letters: obturating.

+4 letters: outbleating, outboasting, outdebating, subtotaling.

+5 letters: battleground, subtotalling.