Synonyms of tug

1 Syllable
lug, drag, schlepp, drew, moils, twitch, pull, moil, tow, haul, draw, haled, yank, wrench, fought, toil, jerk, strain
2 Syllables
haling, traction, contend, striven, pulled, towing, danced, lugging, strived, twitched, heaved, yanking, warred, wrenched, jerker, battling, wrenching, twitching, hauling, wrenches, pulling, toiled, yanked, lugged, hauled, dragged, toiling, twitches, spraining, heave, effort, strove, moiling, shrugging, plucked, moiled, towed, weeding, heaving, shrugged, battled
3 Syllables
contended, contending
4 Syllables
vellicate