noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔː/
General-American:/ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔɹ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَدّ اَلْحَبْل
(šadd al-ḥabl)
— game
Basque:
sokatira
— game
Bulgarian:
теглене на въже
(teglene na vǎže)
— game
Chinese Cantonese:
扯大纜 /扯大缆
(ce2 daai6 laam6)
— game
Chinese Cantonese:
拔河
(bat6 ho4)
— game
Hakka Chinese:
挷索仔
(pâng-sok-é)
— game
Chinese Mandarin:
拔河
(báhé)
— game
Min Nan Chinese:
拔索
(pu̍ih-soh)
— game
Min Nan Chinese:
搝大索
(khiú-tōa-soh, giú-tōa-soh)
— game
Min Nan Chinese:
拔大索
(poe̍h-tōa-soh)
— game
Min Nan Chinese:
搝索仔
(khiú-soh-á, giú-soh-á)
— game
Min Nan Chinese:
擋索仔 /挡索仔
(tòng-soh--á)
— game
Northern Min Chinese:
拔索
(bí-sŏ̤)
— game
Wu Chinese:
拉繩 /拉绳
(1la-zen)
— game
Danish:
trækkamp
— game
Dutch:
getouwtrek
— game
Faroese:
togtogan
— game
Finnish:
köydenveto
— game
French:
tir à la corde
— game
Galician:
tirapuxa
— game
German:
Tauziehen
— game
Hungarian:
kötélhúzás
— game
Icelandic:
reiptog
— game
Indonesian:
tarik tali
— game
Indonesian:
tarik tambang
— game
Italian:
tiro alla fune
— game
Japanese:
綱引き
(tsuna-hiki)
— game
Jeju:
줄ᄃᆞᆼ길락
(juldawnggillak)
— game
Korean:
줄다리기
(juldarigi)
— game
Lithuanian:
virvės traukimas
— game
Macedonian:
натегање
(nateganje)
— game
Malay:
tarik tali
— game
Māori:
tauronarona
— game
Māori:
taukumekume
— game
Norwegian Bokmål:
dragkamp
— game
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dragkamp
— game
Pannonian Rusyn:
цаганє штранґа
(cahanje štranga)
— game
Polish:
przeciąganie liny
— game
Portuguese:
cabo de guerra
— game
Russian:
перетя́гивание кана́та
(peretjágivanije kanáta)
— game
