name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is pulled.
2. 2
   the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pull form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

adductivealluringattractingattractionattractiveattrahent

Example

More examples

"The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pulling, pullyng, pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.

Related phrases

hair-pulling disorderleg-pulling

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