dragging

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English drag

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English dragging

From drag + -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡɪŋ/, [ˈd͡ɹ̝æɡɪŋ], [ˈd̠͡ɹ̠˔æɡɪŋ]

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    • (g-dropping) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡɪn/, /ˈdɹæɡən/
      • (Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising, /ŋ/-tensing)
        • IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡɪŋ/, [ˈd͡ɹ̝eɪ̯ɡiŋ], [ˈd̠͡ɹ̠˔eɪ̯ɡiŋ]
          • (g-dropping) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡin/, [ˈd͡ɹ̝eɪ̯ɡin], [ˈd̠͡ɹ̠˔eɪ̯ɡin]
• Hyphenation: drag‧ging

Adjective

dragging (comparative more dragging, superlative most dragging)

1. That drags.
   • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVI. First Night of Their Arrival in the City.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section I, pages 312–313:

     [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

2. boring; dull
3. excessively long

Derived terms

• draggingly

Noun

dragging (countable and uncountable, plural draggings)

1. gerund of drag: an instance of something being dragged.
   • 1914, Charles Edward Morrison, Earth Roads, page 24:

     As a result, after the first few draggings it is found that the surface becomes constantly smoother and harder and little rain remains on the roadway

2. Synonym of drag racing.

Verb

dragging

1. present participle and gerund of drag

Derived terms

• foot-dragging
• frame dragging
• knee dragging
• knuckle-dragging
• van-dragging