lagger
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈlæɡər/
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- On the first day of her twenty-second spring, a Moon Maid topped a low rise in the Laughing Steppe, riding her dark mare toward a nomad wagon lagger.
Examples
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She took her bearings from the sun, finding she was well to the west of the lagger.
Fiction book (1996) -
When she got to the kill site, the wagon lagger was gone.
Fiction book (1996) -
The lagger, Rusty Brick, is running alone at the rear.
Fiction book (1997) -
Let's begin with the super-laggers.
Blog text (32) -
Then you've also got the largest laggers so far this year.
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I can't keep the brighter boys behind just because of you laggers back!
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The Hetman in his sable cloak met her at the entrance to the lagger, backed by a mob of armed men with fierce, tattooed faces.
Fiction book (1996) -
One of them grabs Della, and capes flying, they all rush out to the poor laggers on the field, and with a burst of drumming become the band again.
Fiction book (1995) -
The coach decided to help the lagger improve his speed during practice.
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In a relay race, the lagger struggled to keep up with the rest of the team.
Synonyms
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7.6
A person who works slowly and avoids effort
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4.3
A person or animal that falls behind a group when they move together
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6.8
A person who does things more slowly than other people
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8.1
A person or thing that is slower than others and falls behind
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8.6
A person who moves slowly and falls behind others
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8.4
A person who takes a long time to do things and makes others wait
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7.1
A person who moves slowly and wastes time
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9.5
A person who wastes time and does not make decisions or take action
A person who wastes time by being slow to act or decide
A person who delays decisions and wastes time
Antonyms
How Behind
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lagger comes from the verb lag, which means 'to fall behind'. Think of jet lag, when your body is 'behind' the local time, so a lagger is someone who falls behind others or is slow.