Definitions for dragging
drag·ging

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1. draggingadjective

   marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

   "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"

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1. draggingnoun

   An instance of something being dragged.

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1. dragging

   In computing, a pointing device gesture or mouse gesture (or simply gesture) is a way of combining pointing device or finger movements and clicks that the software recognizes as a specific computer event and responds to accordingly. They can be useful for people who have difficulties typing on a keyboard. For example, in a web browser, a user can navigate to the previously viewed page by pressing the right pointing device button, moving the pointing device briefly to the left, then releasing the button.

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1. dragging

   Dragging is a term used to describe an action in which an object is pulled along a surface using consistent force or effort. It usually implies a certain level of difficulty or resistance. In computer terminology, it refers to the action of selecting and moving a digital object or piece of information to a new location on a graphical interface, usually achieved by holding down a mouse button while moving the mouse.

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1. Dragging

   of Drag

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dragging

   An old word for dredging.

How to pronounce dragging?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say dragging in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dragging in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dragging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dragging in a Sentence

1. Peter McWilliams:

   Negative thinking is always expensive--dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically--hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury.

2. Amarah Coleman:

   Crabs can never get out of a bucket because they always pull each other down. That is how he explained it in practice. ... They all just climb on top of each other and pull each other down. Like, bums, we are just dragging everybody down.

3. Stephen Vincent Benet:

   Life is not lost by dying life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

4. James McGlew:

   The China-U.S. trade war and the Hong Kong protest are combining to cast a negative pall on Asian markets today, hong Kong protests have been dragging on for a while and the view from the financial world is that it's really starting to bite now. The further this drags on it's certainly going to be very negative.

5. Randy Frederick:

   Oil prices fell off a little bit after the market opened and that is probably what is dragging the market down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dragging
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dragging
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragging
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dragging
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=dragging