lag

Meaning of lag

noun
  1. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
  2. Delay; latency.
  3. One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
  4. A prisoner, a criminal.
  5. 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.
  6. One who lags; that which comes in last.
  7. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
  8. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially 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.
  9. 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. To transport as a punishment for crime.
  4. To cause to lag; to slacken.
adjective
  1. Late
  2. Last; long-delayed.
  3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Information about lag

  • The plural form of lag is: lags.
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Hyphenation of lag

lag

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • lag is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lag synonyms

Meaning slowdown:

slowdown, retardation

Meaning interim:

interim, meantime, meanwhile

Meaning stave:

stave

Meaning dawdle:

dawdle

Meaning imprison:

imprison, incarcerate, immure, jail, jug, gaol, remand

Meaning :

latency

Anagrams of lag

Alg, Gal, gal

Words that rhyme with lag

Stalag, stalag, blag, Elblag, clag, Pelag, flag, handflag, beflag, reflag, cornflag, unflag, oflag, pflag, Nachschlag, Goldshlag, assilag, Olag, Bolag, aktiebolag, rolag, Verlag, slag, jetlag, Gulag, gulag, graylag, greylag

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