Unscramble dragging

Definition of dragging

adjective:

• marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a strange dragging approach", "years of dragging war".

verb:

• pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him", "These worries were dragging at him". Synonyms: drag.
• draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones", "haul nets". Synonyms: cart, drag, hale, haul.
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events", "don't drag me into this business". Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle.
• move slowly and as if with great effort. Synonyms: drag.
• to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging". Synonyms: drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail.
• suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath", "draw on a cigarette". Synonyms: drag, draw, puff.
• use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen". Synonyms: drag.
• walk without lifting the feet. Synonyms: drag, scuff.
• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. Synonyms: drag, dredge.
• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set". Synonyms: drag.
• proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours". Synonyms: drag, drag on, drag out.

Related words

bouse, bowse, schlep, shlep, trail, train.

Words nearby

bragging, drugging.

Rhymes with

bagging, bragging, flagging, lagging, nagging, sagging, unflagging.