lag in English dictionary

  • lag

    Meanings and definitions of "lag"

    • late
    • (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
    • (uncountable) Delay; latency.
    • (UK, slang) a prisoner, a criminal.
    • A minigame of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
    • to not keep up (the pace), to fall behind
    • to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
    • adjective
      late
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Last; long-delayed.
    • adjective
      Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Delay; latency.
    • noun
      (Britain, slang, archaic)
      One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
    • noun
      (Britain, slang)
      a prisoner, a criminal.
    • 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.
    • noun
      One who lags; that which comes in last.
    • noun
      The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A bird, the greylag.
    • verb
      to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
    • verb
      to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
    • verb
      (Britain, slang, archaic)
      To transport as a punishment for crime.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to lag; to slacken.
    • The number of periods in a time dimension level to move backward from the last non-empty member to retrieve a current or a previous value.
    • (Internet) bad connection, loss of connection
    • noun
      one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
    • noun
      the act of slowing down or falling behind
    • noun
      the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
    • verb
      cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
    • verb
      hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
    • 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"
    • verb
      throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

    Synonyms of "lag" in English dictionary

    fall behind, fall back, jail are the top synonyms of "lag" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of lag

    • lag ( countable and uncountable;  plural  lags)
    • lag ( comparative lagger, superlative laggest) (Cleanup of this inflection is being sought) lagger
    • lag ( third-person singular simple present lags, present participle lagging, simple past and past participle lagged)
    • lag (countable and uncountable, plural lags)
    • lag (third-person singular simple present lags, present participle lagging, simple past and past participle lagged)
  • LAG

    Meanings and definitions of "lag"

    • adjective
      (poker)
      Loose (inclined to play many starting hands, including weak ones) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).

    Grammar and declension of lag

    • LAG (comparative more LAG, superlative most LAG)
  • Lag

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