PULL

Definitions

1. 1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one. I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. Swift.
2. 2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. Carew.
3. 3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic] Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. Shak.
4. 4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
5. 5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]
6. 6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. [Slang] Dickens.
7. 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]
8. 8. A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. R. A. Proctor.