Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word drag. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in drag.
Definitions and meaning of drag
drag
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drăg, IPA(key): /dɹæɡ/, [d͡ɹ̝˗ʷæˑɡ]
Rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishdraggen(“to drag”), early Middle Englishdragen(“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old Englishdragan(“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norsedraga(“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic*draganą(“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-(“to draw, drag”).
Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag(“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low Germandragge(“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danishdrægge(“to dredge”), Danishdrage(“to draw, attract”), Swedishdragga(“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedishdraga(“to draw, go”), Icelandicdraga(“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.
Noun
drag (countable and uncountable, pluraldrags)
(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
(by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
(countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
Coordinate term:cope
(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
(countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
(countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
(countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
Synonyms:lug, pull
(countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
December 24, 1865, James David Forbes, letter to Dr. Symonds
My lectures […]were only a pleasure to me, and no drag.
(countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats. [from mid-18th c.]
(countable, slang) A street. [from mid-19th c.]
(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
(countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
(nautical) 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.
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.
A pulled load.
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
(uncountable, music) Witch house music.
The last position in a line of hikers.
(billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
A device for guiding wood to the saw.
(historical) A mailcoach.
(slang) A prison sentence of three months.
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.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple presentdrags, present participledragging, simple past and past participledraggedor(dialectal)drug)
(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
a. 1732, John Gay, epistle to a Lady
Long, open panegyric drags at best.
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
(graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
(chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
(soccer) To hit or kick off target.
2012, David Ornstein, BBC Sport, "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" [6], November 17
Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.
To fish with a dragnet.
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
Synonym:harrow
(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
Synonyms:criticize; see also Thesaurus:criticize
(intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
Antonym:rush
Derived terms
Related terms
dragnet
Translations
See also
(call attention to the flaws of): read
Etymology 2
Possibly from Englishdrag(“to pull along a surface”) because of the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor, or from Yiddishטראָגן(trogn, “to wear”)
Noun
drag (usually uncountable, pluraldrags)
(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]
(uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
(countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing. [from early 20th c.]
(countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
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.
(uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Derived terms
(women's clothing worn by men):drag act, drag artist, drag daughter, drag king, drag queen, drag show
(any type of clothing):lally-drags
drab
Translations
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple presentdrags, present participledragging, simple past and past participledragged)
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
References
Flight, 1913, p. 126 attributing to Archibald Low
Michael Quinion (2004) “Drag”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Gard, Grad, darg, gard, grad
French
Pronunciation
Noun
dragm (pluraldrags)
drag queen
Further reading
“drag”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norsedrag, related to dra(“to pull, drag”).