: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing
called also towboat
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The company initially built tugboats to tow offshore oil rigs and barges through the criss-cross of bayous and canals.
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Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
Besides the two submarines, the convoy included a frigate and a tugboat.
—CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
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This is living in the future—a tugboat stay with all the amenities of a hotel.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
But the tugboat’s engineer, Martin Boswell, had been working below deck during the collision.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
Besides the two submarines, the convoy included a frigate and a tugboat.
—CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
From $125 per night. BOOK NOW Tugboat in Louisa, Virginia
This is living in the future—a tugboat stay with all the amenities of a hotel.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
But the tugboat’s engineer, Martin Boswell, had been working below deck during the collision.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tugboat. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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tugboat
noun
tug·boat
ˈtəg-ˌbōt 
: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing ships
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