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Added 9 October 2026

lag

/læɡ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lag at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of slowing down or falling behind.
The time between one event, process, or period and another.
meanwhile the socialists are running the government
One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket.

verb

Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins.

Origin

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

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