drag hunt

Variant of drag

transitive verb dragged, dragging

  1. to pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul
    1. to move (oneself) with effort
    2. to force into some situation, action, etc.
  2. to pull a grapnel, net, etc. over the bottom of (a river, lake, etc.) in searching for something; dredge
  3. to draw a harrow over (land)
  4. to draw (something) out over a period of time; protract tediously or painfully
  5. to bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
  6. Baseball to hit (a ball) in executing a drag bunt

Origin: ME draggen < ON draga (or OE dragan): see draw

intransitive verb

  1. to be dragged; be pulled along the ground or other surface; trail
  2. to lag behind
  3. to be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
  4. to search a body of water with a grapnel, net, etc.
  5. Slang to draw deeply (on a cigarette, pipe, etc.)
  6. Slang to participate in or as if in a drag race

noun

  1. something dragged or pulled along the ground; specif.,
    1. a harrow used for breaking ground
    2. a heavy sledge, or sled
    3. a type of private stagecoach of the 19th cent., with seats inside and on top, drawn by four horses
  2. a device used to catch and haul up something under water; grapnel, dragnet, etc.
  3. a thing that checks motion, as a brake on the wheel of a carriage
  4. anything that hinders or obstructs: a drag on his resources
  5. the amount by which anything drags
  6. the act of dragging; slow, cumbersome movement
  7. Slang influence that gains special or undeserved favors; pull
  8. Slang
    1. a deep puff of a cigarette, pipe, etc.
    2. a swallow of liquid
  9. Slang a dance
  10. Slang street; road: the main drag
  11. Slang drag race
  12. Slang a dull or boring person, situation, etc.
  13. Slang
    1. clothing of the opposite sex, esp. as worn by a male homosexual
    2. clothing, esp. clothing typical of a certain country, period, occupation, etc.
  14. Aeron., Engineering a resisting force exerted on an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc. parallel to its airstream and opposite in direction to its motion
  15. Hunting
    1. a trail of scent left by an animal
    2. something dragged over the ground to leave a trail of scent
    3. a hunt over such a trail
      in full drag hunt
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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