drag
verb
[ draɡ ]
• pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.
• "we dragged the boat up the beach"
Similar:
haul,
pull,
draw,
tug,
heave,
trail,
trawl,
tow,
streel,
yank,
lug,
hale,
• (of time) pass slowly and tediously.
• "the day dragged—eventually it was time for bed"
Similar:
become tedious,
appear to pass slowly,
go slowly,
move slowly,
creep along,
limp along,
crawl,
hang heavy,
go at a snail's pace,
wear on,
go on too long,
go on and on,
• move (an image or highlighted text) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse.
• "you can move the icons into this group by dragging them in with the mouse"
drag
noun
• the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty.
• "the drag of the current"
• a boring or tiresome person or thing.
• "working nine to five can be a drag"
Similar:
bore,
tedious thing,
tiresome thing,
nuisance,
bother,
trouble,
pest,
annoyance,
source of annoyance,
trial,
vexation,
thorn in one's flesh,
tiresome person,
tedious person,
pain,
pain in the neck,
bind,
headache,
hassle,
pain in the butt,
nudnik,
fair cow,
nark,
blighter,
blister,
pill,
pain in the arse,
pain in the ass,
• an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette.
• "he took a long drag on his cigarette"
• clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man.
• "a fashion show, complete with men in drag"
• a street or road.
• "the main drag is wide but there are few vehicles"
• a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water.
• a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.
• influence over other people.
• "they had the education but they didn't have the drag"
• one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick.
• short for drag race.
• a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel’.
