Pull

n.
  1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
  2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.
  3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
  4. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
  5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.
  6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.
  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.
  8. (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.