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Definition: Dragger |
DraggerNoun1. Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something. 2. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | A sail-or mechanically-propelled vessel engaged in sea fisheries with a drag net. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Operates hoisting engine and cable-drawn scraper or scoop, to load coal, ore, or rock into mine cars or onto conveyor in underground mine: Moves hoist into working place on car and sets up on timber foundation. Sets up snatch blocks (pulleys) and eyebolt, and anchors firmly to post or wall. Connects electric power lines and starts hoist. Moves levers to activate cable which drags scraper into face of ore, then drags full scraper to mine car for dumping. Moves hoist from place to place, using mine car. Lubricates, adjusts, and repairs engine and auxiliary equipment. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DraggerSynonyms: puller (n), trawler (n), tugger (n). (additional references) |
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 | Horn; boat; harbor; yacht; baiter; baitskiff; barge; bark; bateau; canoe; catamaran; craft; dinghy; dory; dragger; highliner; hulk; ketch; launch; lifeboat; mackinaw; pointer; raft; rodney; sailboat; schooner; scow; shallop; ship; skiff; sloop; steamboat. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dragger | 28 |
935 dragger | 7 |
knee dragger | 6 |
dragger shy | 5 |
dragger shy syndrome | 4 |
hks super dragger | 4 |
tail dragger | 3 |
dragger knuckle | 2 |
dragger hks | 2 |
dragger tube | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dragger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | trawler (trawler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trawler (trawler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | chalutier (drifter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Trawler (trawler), Schleppnetzfischer (trawler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλοίο τράτα (trawler), τράτα (seine, trawl, trawler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | '" (against, before, contrary to, in front of, opposite, resistor, upon, versus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengeret (puller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | sciabica (seine fishing net, seine net, trawler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aggerdray traineira (drifter, fishing boat, trawler), barco de arrasto (trawler). (various references) llusgwr (slow-coach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dragger": draggers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dragger": footdragger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dragger": footdraggers. (additional references) | |
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"Dragger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cragger, daggeer, dagget, D'alger, Draeger, draga, drage, dragoe, dragor, draguer, Dregger, Drugger, drumgor, trager, tragger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r-r" | |
-1 letter: dagger, garred, grader, ragged, regard. | |
-2 letters: agger, darer, drear, eggar, gaged, gager, grade, raged, rared. | |
-3 letters: aged, ager, dare, dear, drag, dreg, egad, gaed, gage, gear, grad, rage, rare, read, rear. | |
-4 letters: age, are, dag, ear, egg, era, erg, err, gad, gae, gag, gar, ged, rad, rag, red, reg. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ag, ar, de. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r-r" | |
+1 letter: draggers, draggier, raggeder. | |
+2 letters: regarding, regrading. | |
+3 letters: budgerigar, redarguing. | |
+4 letters: aggrandizer, budgerigars, footdragger, gingerbread, remortgaged. | |
+5 letters: aggrandizers, deprograming, disregarding, footdraggers, gingerbreads, gingerbready, intergrading, reaggregated, regurgitated, resegregated, retrograding. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 67 67 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .- --. --. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01100111 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a g g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0067 0067 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38846773737184 |
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