dragger

English

Etymology

From drag +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)

Noun

dragger (plural draggers)

1. Something that drags.
2. (nautical) A trawler.
3. One who takes part in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10:

     On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]

   • 2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63:

     In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]

4. A vehicle used in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149:

     So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."

5. (slang) A car thief.
   • 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92:

     Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

   • 2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen:

     [A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.
     Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen Golf.

Derived terms

• dragger-down
• footdragger
• foot-dragger
• heel-dragger
• knuckle-dragger
• knuckle dragger
• tail dragger
• taildragger
• van-dragger

 

Translations

something that drags

• Finnish: vetolaite, vedin (fi)

nautical: trawler — see trawler

one who takes part in drag racing

• Finnish: drag race-kuljettaja

vehicle used in drag racing — see dragster