Pulling Meaning and Definition

Word: Pulling

How to pronounce: pʊl

Verb

Definitions:

1. Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Example sentences: "He pulled them down on to the couch"

2. Move steadily in a specified direction or manner.

Example sentences: "The bus was about to pull away"

3. Attract (someone) as a customer; cause to show interest in something.

Example sentences: "Anyone can enter the show if they have a good act and the ability to pull a crowd"

4. Cancel or withdraw (an entertainment or advertisement)

5. Play (the ball) round to the leg side from the off.

Example sentences: "After pulling the ball over midwicket, Cairns showed he was no one-trick pony."

6. (of a lineman) withdraw from and cross behind the line of scrimmage to block opposing players and clear the way for a runner.

Example sentences: "He may be their best ever lineman—he can run and pull with the best"

7. Print (a proof).

Example sentences: "A proof sheet would be pulled, and read against the manuscript."

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of pulling something.

Example sentences: "Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots"

2. A force drawing someone or something in a particular direction.

Example sentences: "The pull of the water tore her away"

3. (in sport) a pulling stroke.

Example sentences: "Proficient with all strokes, his best scoring stroke was the pull, played all along the ground between mid on to backward square leg."

4. A printer's proof.

Example sentences: "Proof ‘pulls’ of World War propaganda posters are quite rare."

Synonyms:

pull out

pluck

snatch

swipe

yank

wring

throw up

heave

uproot

jump

draw

withdraw

get out

attract

overtighten

retract

drag

haul

pull down

take out

pilfer

hale

drop

overstretch

tear

rive

wrest

pry

lever

clout

strain

tension

get

retrieve

pull up

obtain

thrust

tug

retighten

attraction

rip

extend

stretch

outstretch

tow

eject

extract

lug

puff

stall

tighten

pull together

wrench

heft

knob

commit

handle

Derivations:

pulled

pull

puller

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Pulling in Other Languages...

Spanish: Tirar

German: Haareziehen

French: Tirer

Italian: Tirare

Turkish: çekme