What (who) is tug-of-love - definition
FLAT TUGBOAT AMUSEMENT RIDE
Rockin Tug; Rockin' tug
tug-of-love
Journalists sometimes use tug-of-love to refer to a situation in which the parents of a child are divorced and one of the parents tries to get the child from the other, for example by taking him or her illegally. (BRIT)
A mother yesterday won a tug-of-love battle for custody of her twin daughters.
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![''Svitzer Tyr'', a Danish tugboat, built in [[China]] in 2011, pictured in 2018 in [[Ystad]] harbour](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svitzer Tyr - Ystad-2018.jpg?width=200 "''Svitzer Tyr'', a Danish tugboat, built in [[China]] in 2011, pictured in 2018 in [[Ystad]] harbour")
![[[Theodore Tugboat]], the titular hero of a children's show, was popular enough that a fullsize replica was constructed](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodore Tugboat at Murphys cable wharf.jpg?width=200 "[[Theodore Tugboat]], the titular hero of a children's show, was popular enough that a fullsize replica was constructed")
![''Justine McAllister'', a tug boat in [[New York Harbor]], January 2008.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tug Boat NY 1.jpg?width=200 "''Justine McAllister'', a tug boat in [[New York Harbor]], January 2008.")
 April 2016 (26621401834).jpg?width=200 "Tug and barge connected")
![River tug pushing a [[log raft]] in [[British Columbia]] near [[Vancouver]] (May 2012)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tug boat pushing log raft near Vancouver.jpg?width=200 "River tug pushing a [[log raft]] in [[British Columbia]] near [[Vancouver]] (May 2012)")
![6}}, at the [[Golden Gate]] at San Francisco, California, 1950s. On the bow is a tugboat fender, also call beards or bow pudding, which are rope padding to protect the bow.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USN Tug Red Cloud YTB-268.jpg?width=200 "6}}, at the [[Golden Gate]] at San Francisco, California, 1950s. On the bow is a tugboat fender, also call beards or bow pudding, which are rope padding to protect the bow.")
![German harbour-tug and DDR quick-freighter ''Karl Marx'' at [[Rostock]] harbour](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0330-002, Rostock, Überseehafen, Frachter, Schlepper.jpg?width=200 "German harbour-tug and DDR quick-freighter ''Karl Marx'' at [[Rostock]] harbour")
![The tugboat ''Woona'' in [[Sydney Harbour]], [[Australia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WOONA.JPG?width=200 "The tugboat ''Woona'' in [[Sydney Harbour]], [[Australia]]")
![Danish ''Svitzer'' Tyr in [[Ystad]] harbour 2018](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svitzer Tyr - - Ystad-2018.jpg?width=200 "Danish ''Svitzer'' Tyr in [[Ystad]] harbour 2018")
![Danish ''Baltsund'' in [[Ystad]] harbour 2019](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baltsund - Ystad-2019.jpg?width=200 "Danish ''Baltsund'' in [[Ystad]] harbour 2019")
![Tugs towing an [[oil tanker]] (VLCC)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tugs on the starbord of vlcc.jpg?width=200 "Tugs towing an [[oil tanker]] (VLCC)")
![Tugboat ''Nancy Anne'' assisting a tug and barge docking in [[Rogers City, Michigan]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tugboat Nancy Anne.jpg?width=200 "Tugboat ''Nancy Anne'' assisting a tug and barge docking in [[Rogers City, Michigan]]")
![Oceangoing tug ''Smit Rotterdam'' arriving at [[Rotterdam]] (1987)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Smit Rotterdam.jpg?width=200 "Oceangoing tug ''Smit Rotterdam'' arriving at [[Rotterdam]] (1987)")
![Ship surrounded by tug boats, Sydney, 1942]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ship and Tugs Sydney 1942 slnsw.jpg?width=200 "Ship surrounded by tug boats, Sydney, 1942]")
![Eppleton Hall]]'', a paddlewheel tugboat, in [[San Francisco]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eppleton Hall.jpg?width=200 "Eppleton Hall]]'', a paddlewheel tugboat, in [[San Francisco]]")
WATERCRAFT DESIGNED TO MOVE OTHER WATERCRAFT
Tug; Tug-boat; Tug boat; Tugboats; Steam tug; Fleet tug; Harbour tug; Fleet ocean tug; Steam Tug; Integrated tug and barge; Articulated tug and barge; Tugs; Integrated tug-barge; Large harbor tug; Harbour tugboat; Harbor tug; Tug boats; Notch tug; Articulated tug-and-barge; Integrated tug barge; ITB (tugboat); Sea-going tug; ATB (tugboat); Articulated tug barge; Seagoing tug; Notch tugboat; Articulated tug-barge; Integrated tug-and-barge; Seagoing tugboat; Ocean-going tugboat; Ocean-going tug; Deepsea tug; Oceangoing tug; Sea-going tugboat; Deep sea tugboat; Ocean tugboat; Ocean tug; Deep-sea tugboat; Deep sea tug; Deepsea tugboat; Deep-sea tug; Oceangoing tugboat
·noun A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
II. Tug ·noun An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
III. Tug ·noun A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
V. Tug ·noun A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
VI. Tug ·noun A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
VII. Tug ·vi To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
IX. Tug ·vt To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to Tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
tug
WATERCRAFT DESIGNED TO MOVE OTHER WATERCRAFT
Tug; Tug-boat; Tug boat; Tugboats; Steam tug; Fleet tug; Harbour tug; Fleet ocean tug; Steam Tug; Integrated tug and barge; Articulated tug and barge; Tugs; Integrated tug-barge; Large harbor tug; Harbour tugboat; Harbor tug; Tug boats; Notch tug; Articulated tug-and-barge; Integrated tug barge; ITB (tugboat); Sea-going tug; ATB (tugboat); Articulated tug barge; Seagoing tug; Notch tugboat; Articulated tug-barge; Integrated tug-and-barge; Seagoing tugboat; Ocean-going tugboat; Ocean-going tug; Deepsea tug; Oceangoing tug; Sea-going tugboat; Deep sea tugboat; Ocean tugboat; Ocean tug; Deep-sea tugboat; Deep sea tug; Deepsea tugboat; Deep-sea tug; Oceangoing tugboat
I. v. a.
Pull (with great effort), draw, haul, drag.
II. v. n.
1.
Pull hard, pull with great effort.
2.
Labor, struggle, strive.
III. n.
1.
Hard pull, great effort.
2.
Tow-boat.
3.
Trace, drawing-strap.
Wikipedia
Rockin' Tug
Rockin' Tug is a flat tugboat ride manufactured by Zamperla. The ride is manufactured in both traveling and park versions. It is the first of a line of new "halfpiperides". Zamperla's Disk'O is another popular ride from that "family". The difference is that the Rockin' Tug has a friction wheel, while the Disk'O is powered driven.
Examples of use of tug-of-love
1. But the anguished international tug–of–love over her custody went–on last night despite her pleas.
2. Tug of love: Angelina Jolie and baby Zahara are at the centre of an adoption row Read more...
3. It had its origins, a year after Tony Blair came to power, in a spate of newspaper stories about ‘tug–of–love’ children.
4. Mr O’Brien’s wizard scheme to tackle the tug–of–love problem was to insist on separate documents for all children who had hitherto travelled on their parents’ passports.
5. The international custody battle over tug–of–love schoolgirl Molly Campbell had been expected to continue today as a Pakistan court heard an appeal lodged by her father.