drag

1. (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Examples: "Let's drag this load of wood over to the shed."; "The misbehaving child was dragged out of the classroom."; "I knew where I didn't want to land so with some aggressive steering I was able to crab into the wind and land successfully on an open plowed farm field some 50 yards west of the hardball road I had seen, next to what seemed at the time to be a T intersection that led off to the east. Although I landed softly, there was a stiff 15-knot wind so I was getting drug a little bit. On my back I dug my heels in and reached up to pop both canopy releases, but on better thought decided against it, as the parachute would probably blow across the road."transitive

2. (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.Examples: "Drag the file into the window to open it."

3. (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.Examples: "The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump."

4. (soccer) To hit or kick off target.Examples: "Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second."

5. (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.Examples: "while I dragged my brains for such a song"figuratively

6. (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).Examples: "You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you."Synonyms: criticize, animadvert, admonish, bash, bawl out, blast, derogate, berateslang

1. (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.Examples: "He performed in drag."; "I know what "in drag" means; it is the slang for going about in women's clothes."; "With the aid of informers they discovered where the great drag dances were being held and turned their attention thither. [...] They couldn't, of course, be advertised, but no publicity was needed. The network always managed to reach any one who might want to go and had half-a-crown to spare for a ticket. About three-quarters of the men who attended these dances were in drag."slanguncountableusually

2. (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.slanguncountableusually

3. (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.Examples: "A heterosexual person cannot really break into their [homosexuals'] inner circles. They have parties or "drags" to which only homosexuals are admitted, and at these some generally appear in female dress."; "This freedom of speech of hers was a kind of masquerade of sexuality, like the rubber breasts homosexuals put on for drags, [...]"countableslangusually

4. (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.Examples: "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt."; "To sublet in comfy fag hsehold for Jun, July, Aug. […] Drags & Dykes welcome."countableslangusually

5. (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.Examples: "corporate drag"; "As the album soared to the top of the charts, straight discos picked up on it. […] The Village People performed at 2001, the same disco that provides setting for much of Saturday Night Fever. Dressed in butch gay drag, the men in the group couldn't keep the women away."slanguncountableusually