lagger
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
noun
A marker used in the game of hopscotch.
noun
A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity."
- "In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers."
- "2015 Kathleen, Kage, and the Company, Laggers. Laggers, Dear Readers, in case you grew up ignorant of hopscotch, are the markers you use when playing the game."
- "In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. Lagger is apparently related to the verb lag."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lagger From lag + -er.