Hyphenation of DRAGGING

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word DRAGGING? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

DRAG-GING

Definitions of DRAGGING:

1.	Pull, as against a resistance He dragged the big suitcase behind him These worries were dragging at him
2.	Draw slowly or heavily Haul stones Haul nets
3.	Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action They were swept up by the events Don't drag me into this business
4.	Move slowly and as if with great effort
5.	To lag or linger behind But in so many other areas we still are dragging
6.	Suck in or take (air) Draw a deep breath Draw on a cigarette
7.	Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu Drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
8.	Walk without lifting the feet
9.	Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
10.	Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting He dragged me away from the television set
11.	Proceed for an extended period of time The speech dragged on for two hours
12.	Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner It was a strange dragging approach Years of dragging war

Synonyms of DRAGGING:

adj	effortful
adj	slow

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