countable/uncountable a game in which two teams pull on opposite sides of a rope until one team succeeds in pulling the other team across a line between them
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous games
Dungeons and Dragons
hoopla
logrolling
2
countable usually singulara situation in which two people or groups try in a very determined way to get something that they want
Synonyms and related words
An attempt to do something
attempt
effort
struggle
tug-of-war
noun
US
Word Forms
singular
tug-of-war
plural
tugs-of-war
DEFINITIONS2
1
countable/uncountable a game in which two teams pull on opposite sides of a rope until one team succeeds in pulling the other team across a line between them
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous games
Dungeons and Dragons
hoopla
horseshoes
2
countable usually singulara situation in which two people or groups try in a very determined way to get something that they want