Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A powerful, shallow-draft boat with a broad bow, intended to push barges on rivers and canals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any boat employed in towing a ship or vessel; a tugboat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
- noun A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical a
squat powerful boat designed topush barges - noun A
vessel constructed for beingtowed , such as acanal boat . - noun A
steamer used for towing other vessels; atug .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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Examples
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Far below, in the towboat, Andre starts waving his arms.
Squall Susan Rukeyser 2012
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She's the great-granddaughter of a legendary towboat captain.
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This set of four towboat can Bryh place and connect it with cable below sea level on the well placed and eventually be sent down.
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She's the great-granddaughter of a legendary towboat captain.
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As the towboat starts tugging the yacht away from the dock, there's a loud buzzing sound and the target boat's twin engines come alive.
Captain Repo 2009
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Minutes after the snatch, the towboat and target are motoring out of the harbor at six knots, while Lamel ignites a Winston Light.
Captain Repo 2009
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"Everyone owns a gun around here," Lamel says nervously as the towboat pulls alongside the target.
Captain Repo 2009
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When I was growing up in the Mississippi Delta, noir — that distinctive shimmer of darkness, beauty and danger — was the night drive to Oxford past the state prison at Parchman, when the spotlight of a passing towboat would sweep slowly over the cotton fields.
Living With Music: A Playlist by John Buntin - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Three partners advance by sea in a 22-foot towboat.
Captain Repo 2009
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Meanwhile, a scared-looking dock manager comes running toward the boat, so Lamel hops off the towboat to show him the paperwork authorizing the seizure.
Captain Repo 2009
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