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dragger

dragger

1 6.1
A person who pulls something heavy to move it
  • noun
  • /ˈdræɡər/
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  • As a dragger for the fishing crew, he was responsible for pulling in the nets filled with fish.

That's shout out to my ex-husband who would have been a good the dragger of of me.

Examples

  • The dragger struggled to lift the fallen tree branch from the road.

  • Yeah, dragger, you killed the wolves.

  • This worked perfectly with tail draggers, but the FR-1 was a tricycle gear aircraft with a nose wheel.

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  • The experienced dragger used all his strength to pull the heavy cart up the hill.

Synonyms

puller
vsdragger
5 5.4

A person, animal, or machine that moves things to do a job

refers only to a person pulling with effort rather than animals or objects
yanker
vsdragger
1 9.8

A person who pulls something hard and suddenly

pulls in a sustained, effortful way rather than a quick sudden pull
tugger
vsdragger
1 6.8

A person or machine that pulls something hard

is the same meaning but used as an alternative term

Compounds

knuckle dragger
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views

Surface Forms

dragger singular
draggers plural

Morphology

dragger = drag (transparent) = drag + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'drag' indicating a person who performs the action.

Etymology

Dragger comes from the word drag, meaning 'to pull', and the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. So a dragger is a person who pulls or tugs heavy things, which is why we use it for someone who drags with effort.