Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lagging
IPA transcription: [l'æɡɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lagging
    Meaning: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
Usage examples
  • He felt very much ashamed of himself, and went with lagging feet to tell his father!
  • Raskolnikov walked with lagging steps, as though still hesitating whether to go or not.
  • Her eye was fixed on the distant village church: the bell had tolled for the evening service; the last villager was lagging into the porch, and everything had sunk into that hallowed stillness peculiar to the day of rest.