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LAGGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lagger mean?
• LAGGER (noun)
The noun LAGGER has 1 sense:
1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Familiarity information: LAGGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer
Hypernyms ("lagger" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lagger"):
lingerer; loiterer (someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place)
plodder; slowcoach; slowpoke; stick-in-the-mud (someone who moves slowly)
potterer; putterer (a person who putters about)
straggler; strayer (someone who strays or falls behind)
Derivation:
lag (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
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