lag1
Pronunciation: /lag/
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Definition of lag
verb ( lags, lagging, lagged)
noun
Origin:
early 16th century (as a noun in the sense 'hindmost person in a game, race, etc.', also 'dregs'): related to the dialect adjective lag (perhaps from a fanciful distortion of last1, or of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian dialect lagga 'go slowly')