Meaning of Drag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
   slang, uncountable, usually
2. Clipping of dragon.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncommon
3. Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
   uncountable
4. Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
   countable, uncountable
5. Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
   slang, uncountable, usually
6. A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
   countable
7. A men's party attended in women's clothing.
   countable, slang, usually
8. A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
   countable, informal
9. A drag king or drag queen.
   countable, slang, usually
10. A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
    countable
11. Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
    slang, uncountable, usually
12. A puff on a cigarette or joint.
    countable, informal
13. Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
    countable, slang
14. A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
    countable, slang
15. A street.
    countable, slang
16. The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
    countable
17. A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
    uncountable
18. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
    countable, uncountable
19. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
    countable, uncountable
20. The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
    countable
21. A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
    countable, uncountable
22. The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
    countable, uncountable
23. Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
    countable, uncountable
24. A pulled load.
    countable, uncountable
25. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
    countable, uncountable
26. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
    countable, uncountable
27. Witch house music.
    uncountable
28. The last position in a line of hikers.
    countable, uncountable
29. A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
    countable, uncountable
30. A device for guiding wood to the saw.
    countable, uncountable
31. A mailcoach.
    countable, historical, uncountable
32. A prison sentence of three months.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.”

“A high thrust-to-weight ratio helps a rocket to overcome the effects of gravity drag.”

“"He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a drag and landed Coates within an hour."”

“He got high after just one drag of the joint.”

“Give me a drag on that roach!”

“Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag.”

“December 24, 1865, James David Forbes, letter to Dr. Symonds My lectures […] were only a pleasure to me, and no drag.”

“Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a drag it is / To see you”

“I’m down here readin’ for my little go during the Long, only I come over from Baymouth pretty often in my drag…”

“Alcee Arobin and Mrs. Highcamp called for her one bright afternoon in Arobin's drag.”

“the main drag”

“a back drag”

“to run a drag”

“Near-synonyms: dray, stoneboat”

“a stone drag”

“A northbound drag of furnace coal on the former South Yorkshire Joint Line crosses the East Coast main line near Black Carr behind Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63693.”

“Had a drag in his walk.”

““Our music is not like some other types where the energy is back and forth – music considered drag is like giving up oneself, to be pulled and controlled,” she says.”

“Whatever the appellation, these artists are doing some amazing stuff. Haunted house and drag are probably the most apposite terms because the music sounds like ghostly apparitions of old dance tunes, only at half-speed.”

“They call this music drag because it's like dance music dragged down by the ponderous weight of existence (there's a Balam Acab track called Heavy Living Things); they call it witch house because it haunts you long after you stop listening.”

“In your own words, what is drag or witch house music?”

“Okay, I'll take point, Kate, you take drag.”

“The sodger who done it was quodded, but only for a drag, and he swore to God as how he’d do for me the next time as he comed across me.”

“1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.”

“He performed in drag.”

“I know what "in drag" means; it is the slang for going about in women's clothes.”

“With the aid of informers they discovered where the great drag dances were being held and turned their attention thither. [...] They couldn't, of course, be advertised, but no publicity was needed. The network always managed to reach any one who might want to go and had half-a-crown to spare for a ticket. About three-quarters of the men who attended these dances were in drag.”

“A heterosexual person cannot really break into their [homosexuals'] inner circles. They have parties or "drags" to which only homosexuals are admitted, and at these some generally appear in female dress.”

“This freedom of speech of hers was a kind of masquerade of sexuality, like the rubber breasts homosexuals put on for drags, [...]”

“1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.”

“To sublet in comfy fag hsehold for Jun, July, Aug. […] Drags & Dykes welcome.”

“corporate drag”

“As the album soared to the top of the charts, straight discos picked up on it. […] The Village People performed at 2001, the same disco that provides setting for much of Saturday Night Fever. Dressed in butch gay drag, the men in the group couldn't keep the women away.”

“the dragon gets a first shot off! although, afterwards, they attack at same speed, but trust me, drags attack first. Rayn ps. I'd rather gryphs than drags.”

“> 2 catacomb dragons > 3 volcanic dragons Lose 3 of the drags: 5 is too many”

“Barring the +1 Con this would seem to be pretty good for going up against the drags.....”

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