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lagging

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Etymology

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from lag

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Adjective

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lagging (comparative more lagging, superlative most lagging)

  1. falling behind, not keeping up the pace
  2. Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
    Coordinate terms: concurrent, leading
    • 1944, David Hay Surgeoner, Radio for aeroplanes, page 34:
      A leading wave is one which reaches its maximum value before another, which is thus a lagging wave

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Noun

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lagging (usually uncountable, plural laggings)

  1. The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
  2. The material so used.
  3. (slang, countable) A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.
    • 1926, Edgar Wallace, The Square Emerald[1]:
      "Whether you'll get a nine or a lagging depends on the answer you give me, Mrs. Inglethorne."

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  • (prison sentence): Defined in various sources as a sentence of at least two, three, or five years' duration.

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Verb

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lagging

  1. present participle and gerund of lag
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