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      lag
      noun
      (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
      (uncountable) Delay; latency.
      (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
      (slang) A period of imprisonment.
      (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
      One who lags; that which comes in last.
      The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
      A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
      A bird, the greylag.
      (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw. [(US, carpentry) A large metal wood screw with a head that takes a wrench.]
      (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
      verb
      To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
      To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
      (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
      (transitive) To slacken
      (UK, slang, archaic) To transport as a punishment for crime.
      (UK, slang, archaic) To arrest or apprehend.
      adjective
      Late.
      Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
      (poker) Loose (inclined to play many starting hands, including weak ones) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
      (obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
      Synonyms for lag
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