Usually means: Pulling rope contest between teams.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word tug-of-war:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. tug-of-war: Merriam-Webster
  2. tug-of-war, tug-of-war: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tug-of-war: Vocabulary.com
  4. tug-of-war: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. tug-of-war: Wiktionary
  6. tug-of-war: Dictionary.com
  7. Tug-of-war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. tug-of-war: Rhymezone
  9. tug-of-war: FreeDictionary.org
  10. tug-of-war: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. tug-of-war: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tug-of-war: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tug-of-war: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tug-of-War: Sports Definitions

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noun:  Alternative spelling of tug of war [A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.]

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