lag

Meaning

Adj

1. Late.
2. (obsolete) 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. (slang) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
4. (slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
5. (slang) 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. 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 (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer).
3. (informal) To respond slowly.
4. (slang) To transport as a punishment for crime.
5. (slang) To arrest or apprehend.
6. To cause to lag; to slacken.

Synonyms

delay

retardation

dawdle

fall behind

back

🔙

coat

🧥

protect

fall back

plate

overlay

cover

arrest

stave

gaol

loiter

lath

time lag

dally

imprison

face

lagging

remand

detain

meanwhile

incarcerate

interim

defer

put behind bars

interval

jail

procrastinate

tardiness

put away

meantime

jug

lateness

drag

slowdown

be slow

linger

gap

immure

wrap up

ledge

list

listing

loaf

molding

mosey

moulding

nab

out-of-date

paper

plaster

poke

postpone

postponement

pound up

prisoner

put on

quad

receive

shamble

shut up

slat

slate

slow

space

spacing

strap

stretch

stucco

suit

take into custody

take up

tarry

temporize

ticket

🎫

tie

time delay

tootle

walk

🚶

whet

be behind

cage in

fall behind with

furring strip

lag behind

falling behind

backening

cleading

inhibition

angle of lag

dilly dally

delay angle

retardation angle

lag angle

lagging jacket

lag in phase

file over

lagging angle

angle of delay

pinch.

accept

🉑

accredit

admit

amble

apply

apprehend

areola

array

arrears

attire

backward

batten

cage

captivate

capture

carry-over

catch

cleat

clothe

convict

creep

diddle

dilly-dally

drag one’s feet

dress

👗

drop

fascia

fiddle

fit

flag

float

galley slave

hang

hold up

hone

hysteresis

interstice

jailbird

lag time

late

latency

laze

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læɡ/

Etymology

Probably North Germanic origin.