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[[t]læg[/t]]

v. lagged, lag•ging, n.

1) to fail to maintain a desired pace or speed:

to lag behind in production[/ex]

2) to linger; delay

3) to decrease gradually; flag:

Interest lagged as the meeting went on[/ex]

4) gam to throw one's shooting marble toward a line on the ground so as to determine the order of play

5) gam (in billiards and pool)

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6) cvb to fail to keep up with:

The industry still lags the national economy[/ex]

7) a lagging or falling behind; retardation

8) a person who lags behind

9) an interval of time:

a lag of ten minutes[/ex]

10) mec Mech. the amount of retardation of some motion

11) gam the act of lagging in marbles or billiards

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Etymology: 1505–15; perh. < Scand lag′ger, n. II

lag

[[t]læg[/t]] v. lagged, lag•ging, n. Chiefly Brit. Slang.

1) brit. to imprison or transport for crime

2) brit. a convict or ex-convict

3) a period or term of penal servitude

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Etymology: 1565–75; orig. uncert. III

lag

[[t]læg[/t]] n. v. lagged, lag•ging

1) bui one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like

2) bui to cover or provide with lags

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Etymology: 1665–75; prob. < Scand