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Definition: Drag |
DragNoun1. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. 2. A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly". 3. The act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him". Verb1. Pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him". 2. Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets". 3. Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business". 4. Move slowly and as if with great effort. 5. To lag or linger behind: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging.". 6. Suck in or take, as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a cigarette". 7. Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen". 8. Walk without lifting the feet. 9. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. 10. : persuade to to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set". 11. : proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "drag" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | (Symbol D)A retarding force acting upon a body in motion through a fluid, parallel to the direction of motion of the body. It is a component of the total fluid forces acting on the body. See aerodynamic force. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A retarding force acting upon the direction of motion of the body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A load that is ground skidded. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A platform of heavy overlapping planks cleated together that is drawn over soil to compact and smooth its surface, to improve its condition, or to crush clods. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Resistance to motion through a fluid. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Any device, e. g. a length or frame of iron rail, for roughly levelling a relatively loose and/or soft surface, e. g. of a dirt road, by its heavy dragging action. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | Blistered or fine-grained appearance of a polished surface, which is not rough to the touch, caused by polishing with a felt too soft or too wet or else under insufficient pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The flask is made in two parts resembling open frames. When horizontal, the upper part is called the cope, and the lower part, the --. The flask parts are keyed so that they will fit together perfec tly. . Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | The assembly of the. . . mould. . . begins with the cores being laid in position in the drag or bottom half of the mould. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The frictional resistance offered to a current of air or water; resistance created by friction b. Fragments of ore torn from a lode by a fault. Such fragments are scattered along the line of the fault and are usually inclosed within crushed or brecciated pieces of the rock traversed by that fault. c. The flexuring of strata associated with faults. In a normal fault, the coal seam often bends upward on the downthrow side and downward on the upthrow side. Thus, drag is an indication of direction of displacement of the beds. Also called terminal curvature. See also:coal lea d. In an inclined stope, the weight of the arch block is resolved into two components, one at right angles to the dip, which tends to close the opening, and one parallel to the dip, which tends to produce movement of the hanging wall with respect to the footwall. This movement is known as drag, or creep. Syn:creep e. See also:drag ore f. An appliance to be attached to the rear of a loaded train of cars to prevent the cars from running down the incline or grade in case the cable should break. See also:backstay g. The uptilted or downtilted curve in rock beds or strata adjacent to a fault h. The force exerted by a flowing fluid on an object in or adjacent to the flow i. The bending of strata on either side of a fault, caused by the friction of the moving blocks along the fault surface; also, the bends ordistortions so formed. CF:bull. (references) |
Physics | Retarding force acting upon an aircraft in motion through the atmosphere. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | A male dressing in feminine clothing, a puff of a cigarette. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | DRAG. To go on the drag; to follow a cart or waggon, in order to rob it. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Space | The air resistance encountered by a moving object. Drag is one of the four forces sensed by an airplane, the others being lift, thrust and weight. (references) |
| The force that resists the motion of the aircraft through the air. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word drag has several meanings:
- In physics, drag consists of the sum of all the aerodynamic forces in the direction of the external airflow. It therefore acts to oppose the motion of the object. In a powered vehicle it is overcome by thrust. Types of drag include form drag, pressure drag, lift-induced drag, and wave drag. The overall drag of an object is characterized by a dimensionless number called the drag coefficient, and is calculated using the drag equation.
- In computing, to drag is to click the mouse button and hold it down while moving the mouse laterally.
- In music, to drag is to play slower than the indicated tempo. Dragging is usually unintentional and undesirable, since it tends to drain the energy out of the music.
- Drag is also slang for any costume, referring in particular to the ostentatiously glamorous costumes of the type worn by drag queens and kings. Since at least the days of vaudeville, any male entertainer costumed in women's clothing for a comedy sketch has been said to be "in drag." Milton Berle was especially known for such routines on early television. (Compare "drag role" for a man costumed as a woman with "pants role" for a woman costumed as a man.)
- Drag racing is a form of automobile racing.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drag."
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Drag queens, are performers, often though not always gay men or transgendered women, who perform in drag - the clothes associated with the feminine gender or highly exaggerated versions thereof. Drag is often but not always a costume of extremely gaudy dresses and shoes, large wigs, etc. Different drag queens may imitate famous female film or pop-music stars or create their own unique character. Drag queens sing or lip-synch, dance, and participate in shows, parades such as gay pride parades, cabarets, discotheques, and other celebrations and venues.
Drag queens Luc D'Arcy and Jerry Cyr and friend at Montreal's 2003 Divers-Cité pride parade Drag is a part of Western gay culture - drag queens fought at the Stonewall riots in June 1969, and drag shows are traditional at pride parades. Prominent drag queens in the Lesbigay community of a city often serve as unofficial spokespersons, chroniclers, or community leaders.
Drag queens can be subdivided into different categories such as:
Drag queen Mado Lamotte performs at Mascara: Le nuit des drags in Montreal There are other subdivisions such as Strutting Queens and Showgirls which will be added to this article later.
- highly camp drag queens, who employ a drag aesthetic based on clown-like values like exaggeration, satire, dirty jokes, putting on airs, and so forth. Divine is an example of a camp queen.
- Some drag queens, though not as outré as camp queens, employ highly exaggerated feminine personae. The famous American drag queen RuPaul has said, "I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?"
- Some drag queens exaggerate in the dimension of elegance and fashion, employing jewelry and beautiful gowns. The Lady Chablis, who can be seen in the movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is an example of this type of performer. Many such drag queens impersonate specific actresses and other pop divas, such as Cher, Madonna, Celine Dion, and so forth.
- Some drag queens either do not perform or perform only rarely. Their forte is participating in pageants, hence the term pageant queen. Pageant queens gear their act toward winning titles and prizes in various contests and pageantry systems. Some of these have grand prizes that rival those of pageants such as Miss America.
Opinions
Drag itself is often thought of as a subspecies of transgender, because it subverts gender roles. However, many drag queens are cisgendered gay men in the rest of their lives, whereas transgendered people remain so 24 hours a day. For most drag queens, drag is a hobby, profession, or art form rather than as a sexual orientation or gender identity, though there are exceptions.
Some members of the lesbigay community disdain drag queens; some feminists believe that drag consists in harmful stereotypes of women. A response is that drag is a very specific aesthetic (as RuPaul implies in the quotation above) and is not meant to satirize women in general. Many gender theorists see drag as a subversion to gender roles.
Some are distressed by the participation of drag queens for example in pride parades, believing that that projects a harmful image of the lesbigay community and impedes acceptance. However, others see this point of view as intolerant of the diversity in the community, and still others simply regard drag as traditional fun that needn't be politically analyzed.
Famous drag queens
Some of the more well-known drag performers include:
- Shirley Temple Bar
- Milton Berle
- The Lady Bunny
- Charles Busch
- The Lady Chablis
- Dreuxilla Divine
- Divine
- Ethyl Eichelberger
- Julian Eltinge
- Harvey Fierstein
- Danny La Rue
- Shirley Q Liquor
- Charles Ludlam
- Everett Quinton
- RuPaul
- Jolene Sugarbaker
- Pussy Tourette
See also Drag king.External links
- RuPaul
- Jolene Sugarbaker
- Shirley Q Liquor
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drag queen."
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In aerodynamics, form drag, or profile drag, is a drag force created by the wind hitting the aircraft. Form drag follows the drag equation, meaning that it rises with the square of speed, and thus becomes more important for high speed aircraft. This form of drag is reduced through the use of streamlining to create a shape with as little overall drag as possible.The amount of form drag is generally related to two components. One is the general size and shape of the aircraft, those with many protrusions will have a higher drag than "clean" designs. This source of drag is sometimes referred to as parasitic drag. Another is the friction between the wind and the surfaces themselves. This is typically measured as wetted area, the area of the surface of the plane that would become wet if sprayed with water flowing in the wind.
At lower speeds induced drag tends to dominate, whereas at higher speed form drag becomes dominant, at at even higher speeds in the transonic, wave drag enters the picture. Each of these forms of drag changes in proportion to the others based on speed. The combined overall drag curve therefore shows a minimum at some airspeed - an aircraft flying at this speed will be at or close to its optimal efficiency. Pilots will use this speed to maximise endurance (minimum fuel consumption), or maximise gliding range in the event of an engine failure.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Form drag."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DRAG | English | Demand for road use, accidents and their gravity | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DragSynonyms: puff (n), pull (n), retarding force (n), cart (v), drag in (v), drag on (v), drag out (v), draw (v), dredge (v), drop behind (v), embroil (v), get behind (v), hale (v), hang back (v), haul (v), scuff (v), sweep (v), sweep up (v), tangle (v), trail (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Encumbrance, incumbrance; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea; remora. |
Motive | Enforce, force; impel; (push); propel; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag; exhort; advise; call upon; press; (request); advocate. |
Regression | Verb: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow. |
Slowness | Verb: move slowly; adVerb: creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle; (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire; (be late). |
Transference | Send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose; (interchange); displace; throw; drag; mail, post. |
Vehicle | Equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka; berlin; sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse; jaunting car, outside car; dandi; doolie, dooly; munchil, palki; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon; vettura. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Drag |
| English words defined with "drag": Byard ♦ coefficient of drag, Crapnel ♦ drag coefficient, drag in, Drag sail, Dragged, Drift anchor ♦ embroil, entrain ♦ fishing net, flap, flaps ♦ Hary, Head and shoulders ♦ Nowel ♦ prolonge knot, puff, pull ♦ Ring spinner ♦ sailor's breastplate, sonic barrier, sound barrier, Sowle, spoiler, sweep, sweep up ♦ tangle, To run away with, tow, trail, train, Tump ♦ Wagon shoe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "drag": base drag, border drag ♦ drag and drop, drag brake, drag cut, drag dip, drag factor, drag fold, Drag in, Neck and Crop, DRAG LAY ♦ induced drag ♦ MELT-HOUSE DRAG OPERATOR ♦ normal pressure drag ♦ parasite drag, parasitic drag ♦ ram drag. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "drag": Wolf. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Drag" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (affection, beloved, cherished, darling, dear, expensive, favorite, favourite, honey, love, lovely, pet, precious, sake, shine, valuable), Serbo-Croatian (darling, dear, disarming, nice, precious), Swedish (draft, draught, draw, feature, move, odor, odour, pull, strain, streak, stroke, sweep, touch, trait, tug, vein, whiff). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You have got to buck up, man. You cannot drag this negative energy in to the tournament (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) This is such a drag. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) Tommy, they'd drag you out and cut you down just like they done to Casey (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) Ah, what I wouldn't give for a drag! Just one drag (Ghost ; writing credit: Bruce Joel Rubin) Okie dokie, let's drag these down (Hannibal; writing credit: David Mamet) | |
Lyrics | No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base) That's a drag (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper) You're such a drag from nine 'til five (That's The Way Love Is; performing artist: Bobby Darin) At times I'd like to break you and drag you to your knees (Sometimes When We Touch; performing artist: Dan Hill) Take a drag and wait for the Grayhound (Leaving Town; performing artist: Dexter Freebish) | |
Clever | Never argue with a stupid person. First they'll drag you down to their level, then they will beat you with experience. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Drag Queen's Ball (1970) In Drag (1967) The Drag (1966) Drag (1929) Killer Drag Queens On Dope (2002) | |
Song Titles | Kind of A Drag (performing artist: The Buckinghams) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | SR-71 Landing with Drag Chute. Credit: NASA. |  | E17 Drag Research Model. Credit: NASA. |
 | Automatic tide gauge at Port Protection Installation by Wire Drag Party No. 4. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Setting up a Raydist tower About half-way up Party off of wire drag vessels WAINWRIGHT and HILGARD Photograph #5 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Crushed lobster left in the path of a scallop drag. Homarus americanus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Anemometer, thermometer, current drag, sextant, and carbonic acid apparatus. In: "The Voyage of H. M. S. CHALLENGER A Summary....", Part I, p. xxxi. Library Call Number Q115.C4 1880 summary pt. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WAINWRIGHT conducting wire drag operations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Contract wire drag launch ESCORT, working out of Boston. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Wire drag guide launch working in Maine in 1906. Leo Otis Colbert is in the center of the photograph partially in the sunlight. This launch was 32-feet long and had a 10-12 horsepower engine. Launch ADELAIDE. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships MITCHELL and RODGERS conducting wire drag in the Virgin Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Muscle" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Saturday at dusk in his 69 Chevelle, ready to drag on a country road outside of town." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Play | Caption |
 | Hot rod; muscle car; engine; rev; revving; 8-cylinder; fast; drag racing; car racing; brash; brassy; brazen; chintzy; coarse; crass; crude; flamboyant; flashy; garish; gaudy; glaring; lurid; meretricious; obnoxious; obtrusive; ostentatious; raucous; rude. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | An orphan's curse would drag to hell, a spirit from on high; but oh! more horrible than that, is a curse in a dead man's eye! |
Seneca | The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In all these battles it sees itself compelled to appeal to the proletariat, to ask for its help, and thus, to drag it into the political arena. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | They drag us down, so to speak, to a lower level |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | You will drag yourself on your belly in the bushes, and eat grass like the beasts of the forest |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Straddle it, drag it between your legs |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If I have got to drag my trap, I will take care that it be a light one and do not nip me in a vital part |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Despite the usual antibiotics, the infections of PI often drag on and on, or they keep coming back—that is, they become chronic. (references) | |
Early symptoms may include a deterioration in handwriting after writing several lines, foot cramps, and a tendency of one foot to pull up or drag after running or walking some distance. (references) | ||
You're coughing and sneezing and tired and achy. You think that you might be getting a cold. Later, when the medicines you've been taking to relieve the symptoms of the common cold are not working and you've now got a terrible headache, you finally drag yourself to the doctor. (references) | ||
Business | Consumer demand remained sluggish in 1997 and the construction sector was a drag on the overall economy. (references) | |
In many cases it has been more economical to use outside experts, who can handle the many new technologies and the increasing complexity of implementing and supporting these new systems than to rely on qualified in-house IT-staff, which is hard to find and often difficult to keep (Industry insiders report increasingly aggressive methods of head-hunters and/or human resources managers of competitors to drag over IT-personnel to their own staff). (references) | ||
Economic History | Czech Rep | Commercial disputes, particularly related to bankruptcy proceedings, tend to drag on for years. (references) |
Djibouti | The high unemployment and lack of other essential resources remain a drag on economic development. (references) | |
Cyprus | Declining competitiveness in tourism and especially in manufacturing will act as a drag on growth until structural changes are effected. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Many such cases drag on for years. (references) |
Brazil | Defense counsel often drag out cases as long as possible in the hope that an appeals court might render a favorable opinion and because they are paid according to the amount of time that they spend on a case. (references) | |
Romania | In several cases of deaths in custody or deaths reportedly due to police brutality during 1999, investigations and trials continued to drag on. There was no further information on the progress of investigation into the following 1999 cases: the of the death in police custody of Aurel Uluiteanu in Barcanesti; the death of Cristian-Venus Dumitrescu, who allegedly was beaten by police in September 1999 and died after he "threw" himself out of a third floor window en route to a police station; the death of Sevastian Apostol, a Rom killed by police while trying to flee a bar where he had a serious conflict with the owner and other clients; the death of Elinoiu Toader, who died after being beaten by police; and the killing of Radu Marian, an unarmed Rom who was killed during a police raid on a group of cigarette smugglers. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | Continuing security problems however, are a drag on increased petroleum investment. (references) |
Sri Lanka | In spite of this, the conflict is likely to drag on until the LTTE abandons its demand for a fully independent state. (references) | |
INDIA | Chronic budget deficits are also a problem and the high fiscal deficit/GDP rate continues to be a significant drag on economic growth. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | Children are not allowed to lift, carry, or drag heavy objects. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Drag" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Drag" is used about 1,131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 565 | 11,124 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.57% | 380 | 14,447 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.72% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.71% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,131 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "drag": act as a drag ♦ aerodynamic drag ♦ aircraft drag ♦ be a drag ♦ border drag ♦ coefficient of drag ♦ drag a bunt ♦ drag a chain ♦ drag a lengthened chain ♦ drag about ♦ drag about with one ♦ drag along ♦ drag anchor ♦ drag and drop ♦ drag apart ♦ drag away ♦ drag behind ♦ drag chain ♦ drag coefficient ♦ drag down ♦ drag factor ♦ drag in ♦ drag in head and shoulders ♦ drag into ♦ drag into the open day ♦ drag its slow length along ♦ drag its weary length along ♦ Drag line ♦ drag loading ♦ drag off ♦ drag on ♦ drag on one's existence ♦ drag one's feet ♦ drag one's feet over smth. ♦ drag oneself ♦ drag oneself along ♦ drag oneself along the ground ♦ drag oneself home ♦ drag oneself to the door ♦ drag out ♦ drag out a miserable existence ♦ drag out a wretched existence ♦ drag over ♦ drag queen ♦ drag race ♦ Drag rope ♦ Drag sail ♦ drag sheet ♦ drag smth. by the head and shoulders ♦ drag smth. in the head and shoulders ♦ drag somewhere ♦ drag the anchor ♦ drag through ♦ drag through the mud ♦ drag towards ♦ Drag twist ♦ drag up ♦ friction drag ♦ have a drag ♦ induced drag ♦ main drag ♦ normal pressure drag ♦ parasite drag ♦ parasitic drag ♦ profile drag ♦ skidding drag ♦ spray drag ♦ To drag an anchor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "drag": drag-anchor, drag-and-drop, drag-arse, drag-artist, drag-back, drag-backs, drag-boat, drag-down, drag-free, drag-hag, drag-hunting, drag-lift, drag-lifts, drag-like, drag-line, drag-lines, drag-n-drop, drag-net, drag-out, drag-producing, drag-queen, drag-racers, drag-rake, drag-reducing, drag-ropes. | |
Ending with "drag": click-and-drag, glam-drag, half-drag, high-drag, sleeping-drag, woe-drag. | |
Containing "drag": isn't-everything-a-drag-smile, knock-down-and-drag-out. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
drag racing | 2,433 | drag race car | 101 |
drag queen | 865 | doll drag drop maker | 96 |
drag specialty | 583 | ihra drag racing | 87 |
drag | 450 | drag racing video | 84 |
drag racing game | 354 | drag strip | 83 |
drag race | 291 | drag turbo kit | 79 |
drag car | 253 | drag free game online racing | 73 |
drag racing game online | 210 | drag game racer | 71 |
nhra drag racing | 201 | db drag | 70 |
drag racer | 190 | drag king | 69 |
drag car for sale | 163 | 2 drag ihra racing | 68 |
doll drag drop | 159 | drag drop n | 65 |
motorcycle drag racing | 149 | sand drag | 60 |
drag bike | 134 | import drag racing | 59 |
drag boat | 131 | drag racing car for sale | 57 |
drag race car for sale | 126 | drag racing engine | 55 |
drag racing online | 125 | drag boat racing | 53 |
drag racing car | 123 | cd drag drop n | 51 |
drag and drop | 108 | drag racing picture | 46 |
drag free game racing | 101 | 2 cheat drag ihra racing | 46 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "drag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | trek (draw, haul, pull, tug), sleep (tow). (various references) | |
Albanian | pastrim me dragë, eci ngadalë, gjë e mërzitshme (bore, yawn), gjurmë (Dent, dint, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, indent, indentation, marking, print, print track, scent, sign, slot, smell, spoor, stamp, step, tincture, tinge, trace, track, trail, vestige, vestigium), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), hiqet zvarrë, influencë (effect, influence, influenza, pull, reaction), kërkim fundi, kërkoj fundin, kanxhë (coupling, crampon, gaff, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappling iron, hook, Peavey, Peavy, peg, pothook), karrocë e madhe, lesë (Harrow), e thithur, ndikim (clout, effect, hold, impact, influence, interest, pull, reaction, stimulus, sway), zvarritet (drag on), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), person i mërzitshëm, rezistencë (endurance, rebuff, resistance, resistor, stand, toughness), rrjetë (cabling, mesh, net, netting, reticle, screen, seine, sweep net, toils, trail-net), rroba grash të veshura nga një burrë, rrugë (approach, approaches, Avenue, course, cycle, drive, gateway, haul, journey, milage, mileage, path, pathway, ride, road, roadway, route, Street, trail, traverse, way), tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), tërheq zvarrë (haul, lug, trail), thith cigaren, trinë (instep, rack, trellis), zvarris (drag out, lug, procrastinate, pull, temporize, trail), zvarrit (draw, drawl, haul, lug, procrastinate, trail), mërzi (aridity, blackness, boredom, depression, dumps, ennui, flatness, gloom, mood, spleen, tedium, weariness). (various references) | |
Arabic | طول (be extended, be prolonged, extent, length, lengthen, livelong, longitude, tallness), أخذ مجة من سيكارة, إحتكاك (attrition, contact, friction, rub, rubbing), إنسحب على الأرض, جر (dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, purchase, retrieve, sweeping, tow, traction, trail, train, trill), جرار, جرافة (spadeful), شبكة (connection, connexion, fillet, grid, net, network, toil, web), جرى ببطء, مزلقة (bobsled, sled, sledge, sleigh, surfboard, toboggan), عائق (balk, bar, barrier, clog, deterrent, difficulty, disadvantage, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, hamper, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstruction, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, traction, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), تخلف (be in arrears, be retarded, default, drop behind, fall behind, go to sleep, go under, lag, linger, loiter, lurk, retardation, retrograde, tardiness), قطار شحن (freight train), نصب الشبكة, مط (drawing out, extend, stretch), جرف (cliff, curette, dragging, drift, escarpment, palisade, plow, precipice, rake, shovel, sweep, sweep away, sweeping, transport, undercut bank, wash). (various references) | |
Basque | narraztu (drag to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | канджа (hook), дърпам (draw, haul, heave, lug, pluck, pull, pull back, strain at, throw back), дърпане (drawing, haul, heave, lug, pull, tug), изоставам (break away, cast off, fall behind, fall out, lag, lose, pack in, run behind, tail away, tail off), изкуствена диря, поемане (assumption, defrayal, defrayment, intake), повличам (run away with, swamp, sweep away), протакам (draw out, protract, put over, wiredraw), брана, бранувам, бреме (burden, burthen, charge, deadweight, drain, encumbrance, exaction, fardel, freight, incubus, load, onus, tax, tie, weight), женски дрехи носени от педераст, вдишване (inspiration, whiff), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), драга (dredge, dredger, excavator), тегля (draw, haul, have a rough time, lug, pluck, pull, rouse, scale, strike, weigh out, wheel), ставам скучен, улица (gutter, place, road, row, st.), спирачка (brake, counter, deterrent, restraint, stopper), спирателна обувка, челно съпротивление, влача (draggle, draw, haul, lug, snake, tote, trail), тътря (lug along), глътка (drachm, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), теглене (draft, draught, draw, drawing, haul, haulage, lug, pull, tow, towage, towing, traction, tug), тежка шейна (sledge), кучка (bitch, jade), кола (car, carriage, cart, cartful, machine, motor car, quire, starch, wain, wheels), карета с четири коня, събиране на педерасти, тътря се (creep, flop about, jog, lag, scuffle, shamble, shuffle). (various references) | |
Catalan | remolcar (tow). (various references) | |
Chinese | 阻力, 掎 (easy, quiet), 曳 , 拽 (throw). (various references) | |
Czech | vléci se (drag on, drag oneself along, trudge, wear on), vléci (drag along, haul, heave, lug across, pull, tow, trail, tug), tahat (pull, tear, tote), táhnout (carry, draw, haul, heave, pull, trail), prohledávat (scavenge), otrava (bitch, bore, bother, business, chore, nark, pain, pest, poison, spoilsport, tedium). (various references) | |
Danish | trække (draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references) | |
Dutch | trekken (attract, bend, design, draw, haul, limp, make a draft, make a stroke, migrate, pull, roam, tow, tug, wander, wander about). (various references) | |
Esperanto | treni (tow), tiri (draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references) | |
Faeroese | draga (draw, haul, pull, tow, tug), sleipa (tow), hála (draw, haul, pull, tow, tug). (various references) | |
Farsi | چیزسنگینی که روی زمین کشیده میشود, کاویدن (Excavate, Rummage), کشیدن (Chart, Draw, Drawl, Entrain, Experience, Figure, Hale, Haul, Heave, Lave, Lengthen, Peg, Pluck, Pull, Strain, Strap, String, Suffer, Trace, Trawl, Weigh), کشاندن , لاروبی کردن (Dredge), سنگین وبی روح , سخت کشیدن , بزورکشیدن (Lug), باتورگرفتن (Net). (various references) | |
Finnish | vetää (draw, haul, hold, pull, tug), laahata (tow, trail). (various references) | |
French | traîner (draw, draw up), traînée (drafting, draggle-tail). (various references) | |
Frisian | tsjen (draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references) | |
German | ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull, pull out, pulling, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, traction, trail, transmigrate, tug, twitch, unsheathe, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), schleppen (be carrying, dragging, haul, haul up, haulage, heave, hump, lug, schlep, schlepp, tote, tow, towing, trail, wear continually), zug (breath, campaign, catch, characteristic, course, draft, draught, drawing, draw-string, drifting, expedition, feature, flight, flock, groove, gulp, haul, lineament, migration, mouthful, move, platoon, procession, puff, pull, section, shoal, slide, stop, strain, streak, stroke, swig, team, tension, touch, traction, train, trait, transmigration, truck and trailer, tug, up draft, up-draught, whiff), nachschleppen (tow). (various references) | |
Greek | σέρνω (draw, haul, lug). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעקב (follow up, sequence, tracing, tracking), מטרד (bother, inconvenience, nuisance, vexation), למשוך (attract, draw, extend, pull, strain, stretch, tempt, tow), לגרור (draw, grate, haul, involve, pull, tow, trail, tug), לגרר (grate, saw), לסחוב (cart, draw, haul, lug, pull), גרירה (haul, tow), גרר (carriage, dragging, drawing), סחיבה (dragging, lug, pulling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | slukk (godown, gulp, hit, puff, pull, snort, swill), dögunalom, vonszolás (dragging, draught, draw, lug), kotrógép (dredger, excavator), barátnő (girlfriend, marrow), borona (comminutor, Harrow), csaj (broad, chick, chippy, dame, girly, jane, moll, nookie, tail, twist), ellenállás (capacitance, contrariness, counter-move, kick, opposition, reacting force, rebellion, reluctance, resistance, resistor, rheostat, stamina, stand, strength, traverse), fárasztó alak, fárasztó hapsi, érdektelen dolog, hervasztó dolog (blighter), légellenállás, női ruha (frock), postakocsi (coach, diligence, mail car, mail cart, mail coach, post, post chaise, post-coach, postilion, postillion, stage-coach), teher (ballast, burden, burthen, cargo, charge, encumbrance, fardel, freight, imposition, lading, liabilities, liability, load, loading, mortgage, onus, passive debts), unalmas dolog (bore), unalmas ember (bore, coldfish, drip, zombie), féksaru (brake shoe, chock, scotch, skid, skid shoe). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyeret (lug), menggusur, gusur (condemn, flatten, haul), eret (lure, snare). (various references) | |
Italian | tirare (be tight, blow, draft, draught, draw, feel tight, haul, heave, land, lug, pluck, pull, shoot, stretch, tend, throw, tighten, to pull, tug, twitch, wheel), trascinare (actuate, carry back, drag on, draw, draw oneself along, fascinate, grind, haul, haul off, haulage, lead away, lug, pull, pull along, schlep, sharpen, shuffle, sweep, take in tow, tote, tow, tow off, trail, tug), resistenza (endurance, hardiness, resistance, resistor, stamina, strength, wear), draga (dredge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 牽引 (hauling, pull, tow), ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domain, domestic, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry ice, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, dryer, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ドラッグ , けんいん (hauling, pull, seal of approval, tow). (various references) | |
Korean | 끌기 (Draw). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, pulling, suction, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), sthroogey, sleaydey (draggle, draw along, dredge, dredging, sledge, sleigh, trail), lhiettrimys (bafflement, balk, balk hinderance, ban, bar, barobstruction, constriction, disqualification, drawback, handicap, hang up, hazard, hindrance, hold up, impediment, injunction, jam, obstacle, prevention, sanction, victimization), goll dy moal (back-pedal, drag on), goll dy dree (drag on), gobbragh sleayd varrey, gobbragh lhieen screebee, carriads kiare cabbil. (various references) | |
Maya | cho'o-payt (to drag). (various references) | |
Norwegian | dra (go, haul, leave), trekke, kjedelig (boring, dreary, dull, humdrum, stodgy, tiresome). (various references) | |
Occitan | rebalar (slip). (various references) | |
Papiamen | trèk (draw, haul, pull, tug), hala (draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agdray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arrasto (dragging). (various references) | |
Romanian | dragã (darling, dear, dredge, dredger, honey, love, my darling, my dear, sweetheart), rezistenţa aerului, blocare (jam, lock, obstruction, occlusion, pinching), cilindru compresor rutier, curãţa cu draga, curãţa cu o dragã, frânã (brake, check, chock, scotch, spoke), frânare (braking), merge cu greutate (plod), nu se mai sfârşi, obstacol (bar, barrier, check, clog, cumber, delay, dike, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold back, hurdle, impediment, interference, jog, leap, marplot, object, obstacle, obstruction, rub, snag, stay), întrecere între automobile, piedicã (balk, bar, brake, check, clog, cumber, delay, difficulty, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, hitch, hold back, impediment, interference, jog, lock, marplot, objection, obstacle, obstruction, pull back, sear, set back, sprag, stay, stop, stopper, stopple, stumbling-bloc, trammel, traverse, trigger), trage (absorb, booze, come, drag in, drag out, draw, evolve, extract, fetch, fire, guzzle, haul, heave, hitch, lie, lug, pluck, pop, pull, pull up, rub, screw, shoot, strike off, suffer, tipple, toll, tug, worry), sabot de frânã (skid), scoate cu greutate, screper (scraper), se scurge încet (trickle out), se târî (crawl, creep, grovel, jog along, jog on, plod, slither, toil, trail), se târî pe fundul apei, stavilã (hindrance, limit), stradã (alley, Avenue, road, |
