lag (noun)
1lag — I. /læg / (say lag) verb (i) (lagged, lagging) 1. to decrease, wane, or flag: his interest in the project is lagging. 2. Marbles a. → phernudge. b. US to throw one s shooting marble towards a line on the ground in order to decide on the order of… …
2lag screw — noun a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench • Syn: ↑lag bolt • Hypernyms: ↑woodscrew * * * noun Etymology: lag (VI); from its original use in securing lags to drums or cylinders : a …
3lag bolt — noun a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench • Syn: ↑lag screw • Hypernyms: ↑woodscrew * * * noun Etymology: lag (VI) : lag sc …
4lag — Ⅰ. lag [1] ► VERB (lagged, lagging) ▪ fall behind; follow after a delay. ► NOUN (also time lag) ▪ a period of time between two events; a delay. ORIGIN originally in the sense hindmost person : related to the dialect adjective lag (perh …
5lag|ger — lag|ger1 «LAG uhr», noun. a person who lags; laggard. lag|ger2 «LAG uhr», noun. Slang. a convict; lag …
6lag — (v.) fail to keep pace, 1520s, earlier as a noun meaning last person (1510s), later also as an adjective (1550s; e.g. lag mon last man ), all of uncertain relationship, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Norw. lagga go slowly ), or some… …
7lag´gard|ness — lag|gard «LAG uhrd», noun, adjective. –n. a person or thing that moves too slowly or falls behind; loiterer: »Here comes a laggard hanging down his head, Who seems no bolder than a beaten hound (Tennyson). Housing is a laggard in the current… …
8lag|gard — «LAG uhrd», noun, adjective. –n. a person or thing that moves too slowly or falls behind; loiterer: »Here comes a laggard hanging down his head, Who seems no bolder than a beaten hound (Tennyson). Housing is a laggard in the current business… …
9lag line — noun Etymology: lag (I) : a line toward which players lag (as in marbles) * * * lag line, the line in marble games drawn on the ground toward which the players toss marbles to fix the order of shooting …
10lag|ging — «LAG ihng», noun. 1. a lag for a boiler or steam pipe. 2. the act of lagging a boiler or steam pipe. 3. Architecture. the narrow cross strips in the centering of an arch …
