Associations to the word «Tugboat»

Wiktionary

TUGBOAT, noun. A small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Dictionary definition

TUGBOAT, noun. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne