transitive verb dragged, dragging drag′·ging

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

Etymology: 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