Pull

Pull
Pull Pull, n. 1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one. [1913 Webster]

I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. --Carew. [1913 Webster]

3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull. [1913 Webster]

5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

7. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. [1913 Webster]

The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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