: force required to overcome resistance to pulling
a trigger with a four pound pull
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: a competition in which a heavily weighted sled is pulled by participants usually using draft animals or machines
a tractor pull
the county fair's annual ox pull
The truck pull may be one one of the machine age's weirdest mutations. Modified pickup trucks and dragsters are hooked to trailers or "sleds" weighed down with 30,000 to 40,000 pounds … They rev up their engines and slog their way across a 200-foot mud track.
Verb He pulled the door open and ran out. The cat will scratch you if you keep pulling its tail. Make a knot in the rope and pull it tight. Pull the baby's chair closer to the table. She pulled the blanket over her head. We tried pushing and pulling but couldn't get the couch to move. Grab the end of the rope and pull as hard as you can. We spent the morning in the garden pulling weeds. I accidentally pulled one of the buttons off my shirt. He pulled the plug out of the socket. Noun She gave the door a few hard pulls and it opened. Give the rope a pull. He has a lot of pull in local political circles. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Most bully stick holders lack a locking mechanism, meaning dogs can easily pull them out, but this one has a pin-locking system to keep the stick in place and prevent your puppy from swallowing it. Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Sep. 2022 This would be an easier call if the Ravens had all their key players, but Jackson will hit on enough downfield throws to pull them through at home. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Evan and Sofi try to reconnect, as their summer dreams pull them apart. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022 Officers smashed the windows of her red Nissan, used a Taser on her twice, punched her in the face more than a dozen times and tried to pull her out of her car by her hair, police and court records show. Kimberly Kindy, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022 But the subdued market reaction also demonstrates that Ethereum and the crypto industry need more than the merge to pull themselves out of crypto winter. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022 There aren’t enough games to pull me to it quite yet. Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2022 Miami will have its chances on the national stage to pull it out in College Station. Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 Officers smashed the windows of her red Nissan, used a Taser on her twice, punched her in the face more than a dozen times and tried to pull her out of her car by her hair, police and court records show.Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
Noun
While at Maria Hernandez Park, Fernandez walked up to a teenage boy who was doing pull-ups at the park gym. Emma Tucker, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022 The power tower supports vertical knee raises, push-ups, dips, and pull-ups. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2022 Operators from the tour company and family members were able the pull the woman onto the boat and rushed to the nearest dock, where paramedics responded and reported no vital signs of life, Skippings said. Paradise Afshar, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022 There will also be whiskey tasting, beer pull, snacks, a firetruck for the kids, and a raffle basket. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 That started by first helping the 2023 class pull inInniss, Rogers and Tate. Stephen Means, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 Without demonstrated utilization, getting pull for new products is almost impossible. Mike Desjadon, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022 In his pull cart sits a jar of that wax concoction Pawlak created. Mykal Mceldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022 This June, Sachs and Nike launched the General Purpose Shoe in the Studio gray colorway with blue pull tabs. Sara Klausing, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English pullian; akin to Middle Low German pulen to shell, cull