drug vs dragged :

drug vs dragged

drug or dragged

Dragged is the past tense of the verb drag which means to pull someone or something forcibly.

"The teacher dragged the arrogant boy out of the classroom."

Drug as a noun is a substance taken as a medicine, although it is still commonly used in some American dialects as the past tense of drag, though that usage is wrong.

"I had to use a drug when I felt sick  a few days ago."

Dragged is the grammatically accurate past tense and past participle of the verb drag. 

“Jin dragged his old suitcase out of the attic and started packing.”

You will hear some people use ‘drug’ instead of dragged in certain regional dialects.



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Definitions
  drug
  • n  a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
  • v  administer a drug to
    They drugged the kidnapped tourist
  • v  use recreational drugs
News & Articles
  drug
  • Drug dog sniff cases may not pass smell test
    FARGO - Prosecutors worry that some Cass County District Court drug cases could be jeopardized by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled drug dog sniffs are searches and require a warrant.
    June 18, 2013 - The Fargo Forum
  • Drug boosts fat tissue's calorie-burning ability in lab
    A drug that mimics the activity of thyroid hormone significantly increases the amount of energy burned by fat tissue and promotes weight loss, an animal study of metabolism finds. The results were presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
    June 17, 2013 - EurekAlert!
  • Drug rip-off results in injury
    A drug deal gone wrong occurred a little after 10 a.m. this morning, resulting in a moderate injury at Las Palmas Elementary School off West Las Palmas Avenue in Patterson.
    June 17, 2013 - Patterson Irrigator
  dragged
  • Police: Camera store employee dragged 75 feet behind thieves' car
    A camera shop employee was dragged 75 feet down a South Lake Union street while trying to recover an expensive digital movie camera from a pair of thieves June 12, according to the Seattle Police Department.
    June 18, 2013 - KOMO Seattle
  • Police: Man dragged woman into empty lot, raped her
    Police in Flagler Beach say a man dragged a woman from the street, choked her and raped her early Friday morning.
    June 18, 2013 - WESH 2 Orlando
  • SAPD: Man dragged through parking lot after Craigslist deal goes sour
    SAN ANTONIO -- A man was dragged through a parking lot after an attempted iPhone deal went awry, police say. The victim thought he found an interested buyer for his iPhone on Craigslist and agreed to rendezvous at a Jack-in-the Box off of Loop 410 on the city's northeast side.   According to police, Christopher Cotrell and Michell Lynn Sherrod, met the seller in the parking lot. The victim told ...
    June 17, 2013 - KENS 5 San Antonio