lagging
Plural: laggings
Noun
- Insulating material used to prevent heat loss.
- used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
- The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
- The material so used.
- A prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.
Verb
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- present participle and gerund of lag
Adj
- falling behind, not keeping up the pace
- Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
Examples
- He used LAGGING words to block his opponent’s access to the triple word score.
Origin / Etymology
from lag
Synonyms
dawdle, fall back, fall behind, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand
Scrabble Score: 10
lagging: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlagging: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lagging: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary