English Explanatory Dictionary

lag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Late.
  2. Last; long-delayed.
  3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
noun
  1. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
  2. Delay; latency.
  3. One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
  4. A prisoner, a criminal.
  5. A period of imprisonment.
  6. A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
  7. One who lags; that which comes in last.
  8. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
  9. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
  10. Clipping of lag screw.
  11. A bird, the greylag.
verb
  1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
  2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
  3. To respond slowly.
  4. To transport as a punishment for crime.
  5. To arrest or apprehend.
  6. To slacken
adj
  1. Loose (inclined to play many starting hands, including weak ones) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).

Pronunciation

/ˈlæɡ/ [ˈlæɡ] En-au-lag.ogg /ˈleɪ̯ɡ/ [ˈleɪ̯ɡ]

Word forms

lag lags lagging lagged more LAG most LAG

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

Synonyms

latency

Antonyms

TAG

Related words

tardy tight loose aggressive passive

Derived words

colonial lag cross-lag flash-lag effect flash-lag illusion inside lag jet lag lag bolt lagfest laggard lagger laglast lag machine lagometer lag pursuit lag screw lag switch lagtime lag time lead-lag lightspeed lag netlag old lag phenotypic lag time lag turbo lag lagging jacket lag behind lagging lagging strand lag off
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