Lag

What do we mean by lag?

A barrel stave. noun

A strip, as of wood, that forms a part of the covering for a cylindrical object. noun

To furnish or cover with lags. transitive verb

To fail to keep up a pace; straggle. intransitive verb

To proceed or develop with comparative slowness. intransitive verb

To weaken or slacken; flag. intransitive verb

To determine the order of play by hitting or shooting a ball toward a mark, as in marbles or billiards, with the player whose ball stops closest to the mark going first. intransitive verb

To fail to keep up with (another). intransitive verb

To proceed or develop at a slower pace than (another). intransitive verb

In golf, to hit (a putt) so that it stops a short way from the hole and can then be tapped in. intransitive verb

An interval between one event or phenomenon and another. noun

A condition of weakness or slackening. noun

To arrest. transitive verb

To send to prison. transitive verb

A convict. noun

An ex-convict. noun

To take; steal.

Slow; tardy; late; coming after or behind.

Long delayed; last.

One who or that which comes behind; the last comer; one who hangs back. noun

A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.

Delay; latency.

One sentenced to transportation for a crime.

A prisoner, a criminal.

A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.

One who lags; that which comes in last.

The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.

A bird, the greylag.

Words that are spelled similarly to lag:
lag.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lag:
isar, zapotec, circadian, latency, throttle, tilt, gemini, turbo, iceland, deposit, mantle, delay, gale, jet, handicap, behind, exhaust, input, boost, slower, spatial, underlying, variable, phase, immune, voltage, sleep, output, rabbi, server, parameters, caps, thermal, client, compensation, gaming, airline, signal, switch, temperature, cycle, operator, response, load, maximum, frequency, occurs, increases, exposure, problem, cells, zero, function.

Words that rhyme with lag:
bag, flag, tag, drag, rag, snag, gag, nag, stag, brag, wag, slag, sag, shag, fag, hag, mag, ag, airbag, sandbag, ragtag, scrag, handbag, dag, sprag, blague, zag, air bag, bragg, greylag, schlag, name tag, tote bag, saddlebag, sontag, mailbag, price tag, bundestag, stagg, blagg, shrag, bague, southern blue flag, paper bag, tea bag, zig-zag, book bag, duffel bag, confederate flag, doggie bag, punching bag, blue flag, dog tag, montag, white flag, black flag, gladstone bag, royal stag, doggy bag, ice bag, wagg, schrag, ditty bag, kit bag, overnight bag, sleeping bag, body bag, yellow flag, clutch bag, hagg, nautical signal flag, shopping bag, spragg, tagg, scum bag, flagg, cragg, golf bag, grocery bag, carrier bag, tool bag, basic slag, rosin bag, sweet flag, old bag, main drag, hbsag, sight gag, braxton bragg, burlap bag, fagg, national flag, shoulder bag, bagge, myrtle flag, coefficient of drag, sweat bag, code flag, knight of the square flag, maytag.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lag:
cultural, time, considerable, year, long, lead, developmental, significant, short, average, certain, slight, distributed, shear, initial, ver, regulatory, month, substantial, maturational, mean, technological, longer, inevitable, greater, thermal, serious, appreciable, maximum, structural, period, additional, temporal, current, spatial, day, apparent, shorter, usual, definite, relative, institutional, outside, minimum, less, educational, lid, constant, appropriate, inside, grey, noticeable, cross, inherent, marked, quarter, exponential, variable, fixed, week, excessive, brief, statistical, zero, magnetic, corresponding, hour, distinct, minute, observed, extensor, phase, administrative.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lag:
time, lead, period, analysis, models, phase, relationship, bag, length, entrainment, concentration, thing, benefits, argument, statistics, omer, one, screws, correlation, torsion, range, sari, screw.

Consonant match to lag:
league, leg, log, lug, logue, legge, legg, lague.

Words that sound like lag:
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