Associations to the word «Lag»

Wiktionary

LAG, adjective. Late
LAG, adjective. (obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
LAG, adjective. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
LAG, noun. (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
LAG, noun. (uncountable) Delay; latency.
LAG, noun. (British) (slang) (archaic) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
LAG, noun. (British) (slang) a prisoner, a criminal.
LAG, noun. (snooker) A method of deciding which player shall 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.
LAG, noun. One who lags; that which comes in last.
LAG, noun. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
LAG, noun. 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.
LAG, noun. A bird, the greylag.
LAG, verb. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
LAG, verb. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
LAG, verb. (UK) (slang) (archaic) To transport as a punishment for crime.
LAG, verb. (transitive) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Dictionary definition

LAG, noun. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
LAG, noun. The time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government".
LAG, noun. One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket.
LAG, verb. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc..
LAG, verb. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life".
LAG, verb. Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins.
LAG, verb. Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes".

Wise words

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