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lagger
lag 1 L0016800 (lăg)v. lagged, lag·ging, lags v.intr.1. To fail to keep up a pace; straggle: a hiker who lagged behind his companions on the trail.2. To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: a nation that lags behind its neighbors in economic development.3. To weaken or slacken; flag: My attention lagged when the lecturer changed subjects.4. Games To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first.v.tr.1. To fail to keep up with (another): One horse lagged the others throughout the race.2. To proceed or develop at a slower pace than (another): "putting new money into sectors that have lagged the market" (Peter Lynch).3. Sports In golf, to hit (a putt) so that it stops a short way from the hole and can then be tapped in.n.1. An interval between one event or phenomenon and another: "He wondered darkly at how great a lag there was between his thinking and his actions" (Thomas Wolfe).2. A condition of weakness or slackening: a lag in interest.
[From earlier lag, last person, from Middle English lag-, last (in lagmon, last man), perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
lag′ger n.
lag 2 L0016800 (lăg)n.1. A barrel stave.2. A strip, as of wood, that forms a part of the covering for a cylindrical object.tr.v. lagged, lag·ging, lags To furnish or cover with lags.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish lagg; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
lag 3 L0016800 (lăg) Chiefly British Slang tr.v. lagged, lag·ging, lags 1. To arrest.2. To send to prison.n.1. A convict.2. An ex-convict.
[Origin unknown.]lagger (ˈlæɡə) n (Building) a person who lags pipesThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lagger - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behinddawdler, laggard, trailer, poke, dronedo-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a placeslowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"potterer, putterer - a person who putters aboutstraggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind |
laggernounOne that lags:dawdler, dilly-dallier, lag, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier.Informal: slowpoke.EncyclopediaSeelagFinancialSeeLaglagger
Related to lagger: inevitability, needed, prioritise, reassess, reported, call offSynonyms for laggernoun one that lagsSynonyms- dawdler
- dilly-dallier
- lag
- laggard
- lingerer
- loiterer
- poke
- procrastinator
- straggler
- tarrier
- slowpoke
Synonyms for laggernoun someone who takes more time than necessarySynonyms- dawdler
- laggard
- trailer
- poke
- drone
Related Words- do-nothing
- idler
- layabout
- loafer
- bum
- lingerer
- loiterer
- slowcoach
- slowpoke
- stick-in-the-mud
- plodder
- potterer
- putterer
- straggler
- strayer
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