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lag

1

[ lag ]

verb (used without object)

, lagged, lag·ging.
  1. to fail to maintain a desired pace or to keep up; fall or stay behind:

    After five minutes of hard running, some of them began to lag.

    Synonyms: linger, loiter

    Antonyms: hasten

  2. to move or develop slowly, as toward a goal or objective, or in relation to an associated factor (often followed by behind ):

    to lag behind in production.

  3. to delay or fail in reaching full development:

    The factory lags regularly in making its quota.

  4. to hang back; linger; delay:

    The old friends lagged because they wanted to talk some more.

  5. to decrease, wane, or flag gradually, as in intensity:

    Interest lagged as the meeting went on.

  6. (in video games) to experience a delay between player input or game signals and the in-game manifestation of that action, often due to high network latency:

    I’m lagging so hard that enemies are killing me before I can even attack them.

  7. Marbles. to throw one's shooting marble toward a line lag line on the ground in order to decide on the order of play.
  8. Billiards, Pool. string ( def 33 ).


verb (used with object)

, lagged, lag·ging.
  1. to fail to keep up with:

    The industry still lags the national economy.

  2. Obsolete. to cause to lag.

noun

  1. a lagging or falling behind; retardation.

    Synonyms: slowdown

  2. a person who lags behind, is the last to arrive, etc.
  3. an interval or lapse of time:

    There was a developmental lag in the diffusion of ideas.

  4. Digital Technology.
    1. Also called dis·play lag [dih-, spley, lag]. the delay between a signal input and its display on a screen, as a high-definition television screen or LCD, due to latency in digital data conversion.
    2. Also called in·put lag [in, -p, oo, t lag]. (in video games) a display lag between player input or game signals and the in-game manifestation of that action, due to differences in display refresh rate or controller input:

      To make a competitive speed run, your best display option for minimal lag is still a CRT.

    3. Also called net·work lag [net, -wurk lag]. (in video games) such a display lag due to high network latency:

      If you have an old computer or slow connection, lag makes multiplayer gameplay difficult.

  5. Mechanics. the amount of retardation of some motion.
  6. Electricity. the retardation of one alternating quantity, as current, with respect to another related alternating quantity, as voltage, often expressed in degrees.
  7. Marbles, Billiards, Pool. the act of lagging.

lag

2

[ lag ]

verb (used with object)

, lagged, lag·ging.
  1. to send to penal servitude; imprison

noun

  1. a convict or ex-convict.
  2. a period or term of penal servitude; prison sentence.

lag

3

[ lag ]

noun

  1. one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
  2. Masonry. a crosspiece between ribs in a centering.

verb (used with object)

, lagged, lag·ging.
  1. to line or cover (an excavation) with lagging.
  2. to cover with insulation, as a steam boiler, to prevent radiation of heat.

lag

1

/ læɡ /

verb

  1. tr to cover (a pipe, cylinder, etc) with lagging to prevent loss of heat
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noun

  1. the insulating casing of a steam cylinder, boiler, etc; lagging
  2. a stave or lath
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lag

2

/ læɡ /

noun

  1. a convict or ex-convict (esp in the phrase old lag )
  2. a term of imprisonment
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verb

  1. tr to arrest or put in prison
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lag

3

/ læɡ /

verb

  1. often foll by behind to hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc
  2. to fall away in strength or intensity
  3. to determine an order of play in certain games, as by rolling marbles towards a line or, in billiards, hitting cue balls up the table against the top cushion in an attempt to bring them back close to the headrail
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noun

  1. the act or state of slowing down or falling behind
  2. the interval of time between two events, esp between an action and its effect
  3. an act of lagging in a game, such as billiards
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lag1

First recorded in 1500–50; origin uncertain, probably from Scandinavian: compare Middle Danish lakke, Norwegian lagga “to go slowly”

Origin of lag2

First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain

Origin of lag3

First recorded in 1655–60; from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse lǫgg “rim of a barrel,” Swedish lagg “stave”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lag1

C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish lagg stave

Origin of lag2

C19: of unknown origin

Origin of lag3

C16: of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

If detection lag time is 10 days, then that, plus a healthy margin, should be the “deferral” period.

And best of all, no TSA and no jet lag (although we make no guarantees against a next-day hangover).

Was there a long lag between those tapes and the tapes released more recently?

Breastfeeding rates for black women have risen but still lag far behind those for white and Hispanic mothers.

About 50 percent of clients use the I.V. Doc for other things—stomach bugs and jet lag, for example.

Owing to its inertia, it would thus tend continually to lag behind the particles of matter about it.

Ecclesiastical is ever wont to lag somewhat in the rear of political improvement.

I was living in Lambeth at the house of an old lag, who practically took nobody but crooks as lodgers.

While he was urging on one part of the herd, the others would lag by the wayside and begin to graze.

They invariably keep up, and oftener come out ahead than they lag behind.

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