Meaning of Pull | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
   countable
2. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
   uncountable
3. An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
   figuratively, uncountable
4. The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
   figuratively, informal, uncountable
5. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
   countable
6. A randomized selection from a given set.
   countable, figuratively
7. A high-quality or funny recommendation by the algorithm.
   Internet, countable, figuratively, uncountable
8. A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
9. Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; advantage.
   countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable
10. Appeal or attraction.
    figuratively, uncountable
11. The act or process of sending out a request for data from a server by a client.
    Internet, countable, uncountable
12. A journey made by rowing.
    countable
13. A contest; a struggle.
    countable, dated, uncountable
14. An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; strain; sprain.
    countable
15. Loss, misfortune, or violence suffered.
    countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable
16. A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
    colloquial, countable
17. A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
    countable, uncountable
18. A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
    countable, uncountable
19. A single impression from a handpress.
    countable, historical, uncountable
20. A proof sheet.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.”

“She took several pulls on her cigarette.”

“I found myself suddenly awaked with a violent pull upon the ring, which was fastened at the top of my box.”

“The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.”

“iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet”

“The hypnotist exerted a pull over his patients.”

“Tresham's up to his eyes in dock business and town business, a regular jobmonger, he has no use for anybody who hasn't a pull.”

“I don't have a lot of pull within the company.”

“She wants to work in the villages, and she has a lot of pull with some ministers and there she is, like a political supervisor.”

“I have already put Matthew Williams off for a few days. He wants to see her too, but he doesn't have pull with the director.”

“If Netflix truly cared about those of us sequestered to our homes, with our shelves of beans and bad-news-addled brains, it would release either a new season of Queer Eye or another season of the similarly soothing Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat to help us bide our time. Alas, I have no pull at Netflix, and neither seems to be coming soon.”

“a zipper pull”

“card pull”

“mythical FYP pull”

“In weights the favourite had the pull.”

“the pull of a movie star”

“server pull”

“pull technology”

“1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.”

“a wrestling pull”

“this wrastling pull betweene Corineus and Gogmagog, is reported to have befallen at Douer.”

“They used steroids to build strength but, more importantly, to recover from strains, pulls, dislocations.”

“Two pulls at once; / His lady banished, and a limb lopped off.”

“Heah, Sam Johnsing, jis' take a pull at dis bottle, an' it will make yo' feel better.”

“However, both gentlemen were clearly of one mind over the quality of the wine, for they each took a prolonged pull, smacked their lips, and looked hard at each other, as though in silent communion over the excellence of the vintage.”

“Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'”

“The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket.”

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