lag+(noun)

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• lag — 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… …  

• lag 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• lag 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• lag — 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 …   English terms dictionary

• lag|ger — lag|ger1 «LAG uhr», noun. a person who lags; laggard. lag|ger2 «LAG uhr», noun. Slang. a convict; lag …   Useful english dictionary

• lag — (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… …   Etymology dictionary

• lag´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… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 business… …   Useful english dictionary

• lag 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• lag|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 …   Useful english dictionary

• lag|o|morph — «LAG uh mrf», noun. any one of an order of mammals consisting of the rabbits and hares and the pikas. They are similar to rodents, but have two pairs of upper incisor teeth, the second pair, just behind the first, being smaller, and short tails.… …   Useful english dictionary