English noun: tug-of-war | |||
1. | tug-of-war (act) any hard struggle between equally matched groups | ||
Broader (hypernym) | battle, conflict, struggle | ||
2. | tug-of-war (event) a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses | ||
Broader (hypernym) | athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics | ||