lag
lag
- n the act of slowing down or falling behind
- n the time between one event, process, or period and another
- n one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
- v hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- v throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- v cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag pipes
- As Democratic chieftains in the Senate saw it last week, their party's Big Issue for this fall's congressional elections will no longer be the missile lag but the economic sag.
- Stock quotes aren't up to the minute (in fact, they can lag up to an hour), but you get more details like highs and lows, and percent change than you'd get with the usual ticker.
- Drug companies are rushing to manufacture analogs to melatonin the all-natural jet-lag-busting supplement.