lagging
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Etymology edit
from lag
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lagging (comparative more lagging, superlative most lagging)
- falling behind, not keeping up the pace
- Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
- Coordinate terms: concurrent, leading
- 1944, David Hay Surgeoner, Radio for aeroplanes, page 34:
- A leading wave is one which reaches its maximum value before another, which is thus a lagging wave
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Noun edit
lagging (usually uncountable, plural laggings)
- The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
- The material so used.
- (slang, countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.
- 1926, Edgar Wallace, The Square Emerald[1]:
- "Whether you'll get a nine or a lagging depends on the answer you give me, Mrs. Inglethorne."
Usage notes edit
- (prison sentence): Defined in various sources as a sentence of at least two, three, or five years' duration.
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Translations edit
insulation material
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Verb edit
lagging
- present participle and gerund of lag