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LAGGER

Dictionary entry overview: What does lagger mean?

• LAGGER (noun)
The noun LAGGER has 1 sense:

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Familiarity information: LAGGER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LAGGER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dawdler; laggard; lagger; trailer; poke; drone

Hypernyms ("lagger" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lagger"):

lingerer; loiterer (someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place)

plodder; slowcoach; slowpoke; stick-in-the-mud (someone who moves slowly)

potterer; putterer (a person who putters about)

straggler; strayer (someone who strays or falls behind)

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