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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : lag |
Phonetic Transcription : læg |
Definition of lagged
Origin :- "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. Norwegian lagga "go slowly"), or some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay. Related: Lag; lagging. The noun meaning "retardation" is from 1855. First record of lag time is from 1951.
- verb move slowly; delay
- The spring lagged on, accordingly, under these circumstances.
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
- Jim lagged forlornly behind, and it was very anxiously we watched him.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- But for the moment, in his bodily weakness, his will lagged behind his brain.
- Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Silvey followed close at his heels and DuPree lagged in the rear.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- And if I hadn't been with you to-night you'd have been lagged.
- Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
- Her step was suddenly less elastic and she lagged on his arm.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
- He lagged behind the others, and with difficulty kept up with them.
- Extract from : « The Wizard of the Sea » by Roy Rockwood
- Surely in this time one has progressed beyond the other in this field, but lagged in that.
- Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- Then she lagged again—she was getting tired, and she could see no sign of the coach.
- Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- Two of them appeared to be tired out, and lagged at the camp-fire duties.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
Synonyms for lagged
- be behind
- dally
- dawdle
- decrease
- dillydally
- diminish
- drag
- drag one's feet
- ebb
- fail
- fall off
- falter
- flag
- get no place fast
- hang back
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- inch along
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lose strength
- lounge
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- retard
- saunter
- shuffle
- slacken
- slouch
- slow
- slow up
- stagger
- stay
- straggle
- tail
- tarry
- tool
- trail
- trudge
- wane
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