Sports And Games Vocabulary

noun a strong pull or haul

verb to pull with force

• The sailors used a tugboat to guide the large ship into the harbor.
• The kids had a tug-of-war contest at the school picnic.
• I had to give the stubborn dog a little tug on the leash to get him to move.
• She felt a tug at her heartstrings when she saw the old photograph.

noun a form of boules in which the objective is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet or jack

• The local pétanque club meets every Saturday afternoon to play a friendly game.
• Let's grab some drinks and play a game of pétanque at the park.
• I'm a pro at pétanque, no one can beat me!
• In the game of life, sometimes you have to strategize like you would in a game of pétanque.