How to pronounce tug in American English
“tug” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to tug the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tug” in: all accents · British English (30 clips)
“tug” in real sentences — American speakers
162 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So it's a cosmic tug of war.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Let the object win that tug of war.
National Archives
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He then called for tug assists by radio.
NTSB
Words that sound like “tug”
Words one sound away from tug — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tug”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tug. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.