ALL meanings of dragging
drag·ging
D d - noun dragging Present participle of drag. 1
- adjective dragging marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite. 1
- verb with object dragging to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house. 1
- verb with object dragging to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like: They dragged the lake for the body of the missing man. 1
- verb with object dragging to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow. 1
- verb with object dragging to introduce; inject; insert: He drags his honorary degree into every discussion. 1
- verb with object dragging to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully (often followed by out or on): They dragged the discussion out for three hours. 1
- verb with object dragging to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, especially by using a mouse. 1
- verb without object dragging to be drawn or hauled along. 1
- verb without object dragging to trail on the ground. 1
- verb without object dragging to move heavily or with effort. 1
- verb without object dragging to proceed or pass with tedious slowness: The parade dragged by endlessly. 1
- verb without object dragging to feel listless or apathetic; move listlessly or apathetically (often followed by around): This heat wave has everyone dragging around. 1
- verb without object dragging to lag behind. 1
- verb without object dragging to use a drag or grapnel; dredge. 1
- verb without object dragging to take part in a drag race. 1
- verb without object dragging to take a puff: to drag on a cigarette. 1
- noun dragging Nautical. a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel. resistance to the movement of a hull through the water. any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed. any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor. any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects. 1
- noun dragging Agriculture. a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it. 1
- noun dragging Slang. someone or something tedious; a bore: It's a drag having to read this old novel. 1
- noun dragging a stout sledge or sled. 1
- noun dragging Aeronautics. the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion. 1
- noun dragging a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top. 1
- noun dragging a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades. 1
- noun dragging something that retards progress. 1
- noun dragging an act of dragging. 1
- noun dragging slow, laborious movement or procedure; retardation. 1
- noun dragging a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc. 1
- noun dragging Hunting. the scent left by a fox or other animal. something, as aniseed, dragged over the ground to leave an artificial scent. Also called drag hunt. a hunt, especially a fox hunt, in which the hounds follow an artificial scent. 1
- noun dragging Angling. a brake on a fishing reel. the sideways pull on a fishline, as caused by a crosscurrent. 1
- noun dragging clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the opposite sex: a Mardi Gras ball at which many of the dancers were in drag. 1
- noun dragging clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu: Two guests showed up in gangster drag. 1
- noun dragging Also called comb. Masonry. a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface. 1
- noun dragging Metallurgy. the lower part of a flask. Compare cope2 (def 5). 1
- noun dragging Slang. influence: He claims he has drag with his senator. 1
- noun dragging Slang. a girl or woman that one is escorting; date. 1
- noun dragging Informal. a street or thoroughfare, especially a main street of a town or city. 1
- noun dragging a drag race. 1
- noun dragging Eastern New England. a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field. 1
- idioms dragging drag one's feet / heels, to act with reluctance; delay: The committee is dragging its feet coming to a decision. 1
- noun dragging a decorating technique in which paint is applied with a specially modified brush to create a marbled or grainy effect 0
- noun dragging An instance of something being dragged. 0