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Noun: tugboat  'túg`bowt
  1. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
    "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbour"
    - tug, towboat, tower[2]

Derived forms: tugboats

Type of: boat

Encyclopedia: Tugboat

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