Definition of drags

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • drags is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • drags is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • drags is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of drags


  • proceed for an extended period of time (verb)

    Examples

    1. The speech dragged on for two hours

    Synonyms

    1. drag on
    2. drag out
  • to lag or linger behind (verb)

    Examples

    1. But in so many other areas we still are dragging

    Synonyms

    1. drop back
    2. drop behind
    3. get behind
    4. hang back
    5. trail
  • suck in or take (air) (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. draw
    2. puff
  • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action (verb)

    Examples

    1. don't drag me into this business

    Synonyms

    1. drag in
    2. embroil
    3. sweep
    4. sweep up
    5. tangle
  • draw slowly or heavily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. cart
    2. hale
    3. haul
  • walk without lifting the feet (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. scuff
  • a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly

    Synonyms

    1. puff
    2. pull
  • search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dredge
  • the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. retarding force
  • clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he went to the party dressed in drag
    2. the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
  • move slowly and as if with great effort (verb)
  • persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting (verb)

    Examples

    1. He dragged me away from the television set
  • pull, as against a resistance (verb)

    Examples

    1. He dragged the big suitcase behind him
    2. These worries were dragging at him
  • something tedious and boring (noun)

    Examples

    1. peeling potatoes is a drag
  • something that slows or delays progress (noun)

    Examples

    1. taxation is a drag on the economy
    2. too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
  • the act of dragging (pulling with force) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the drag up the hill exhausted him
  • use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu (verb)

    Examples

    1. drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen

See definition of drags in Merriam Webster