Dictionary entry

Lag (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lag, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lagging (?).] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. “I shall not lag behind.” Milton.

Syn. — To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.