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The correct spelling is lag.
How to pronounce lag
/læɡ/
nounIPA: /læɡ/
Say it like: Lag
The correct spelling is lag. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- 2.Delay; latency.
- 3.One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- 4.A prisoner, a criminal.
- 5.A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
verb
- 1.To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- 2.To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- 3.To transport as a punishment for crime.
- 4.To cause to lag; to slacken.
adjective
- 1.Late
- 2.Last; long-delayed.
- 3.Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
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