Definitions for dragger
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dragdræg(v.; n.; adj.)dragged, drag•ging
(v.t.)to draw slowly and with effort; haul.
to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like:
to drag a lake for a gun.
to smooth (land) with a drag or harrow.
to introduce or insert:
He drags his war stories into every conversation.
to protract (something) tediously (often fol. by out):
They dragged the discussion out for three hours.
to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, esp. by using a mouse.
Category: Computers
(v.i.)to be drawn or hauled along.
to trail on the ground.
to move heavily or slowly and with great effort.
to feel listless or move in such a manner (often fol. by around):
This heat has everyone dragging around.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to lag behind.
to take part in a drag race.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to take a puff:
to drag on a cigarette.
(n.)any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it.
Category: Agriculture
a sledge for moving heavy objects.
Slang. someone or something tedious; a bore.
Category: Status (usage)
the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion.
Category: Aeronautics
a metal shoe that serves as a brake for wagon wheels.
Category: Machinery
an act of dragging.
slow, laborious procedure.
something that retards progress.
a puff on a cigarette, pipe, etc.
Slang.clothing characteristically worn by the opposite sex:
to go to a dance in drag.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Slang. influence; clout.
Category: Status (usage)
Slang. a girl or woman that one is escorting; date.
Category: Status (usage)
Slang.a dance, as at a high school or college.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Ref: main drag .
(adj.)Slang.associated with the opposite sex.
Origin of drag:
1350–1400; ME; prob. < MLG dragge grapnel, draggen to dredge, der. of drag-draw
drag′ger(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
puller, tugger, dragger(noun)
someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
trawler, dragger(noun)
a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
Wiktionary
dragger(Noun)
Something that drags
dragger(Noun)
A trawler
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