different between sagger vs lagger

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

sagger (plural saggers)

1. Alternative form of saggar

Verb

sagger (third-person singular simple present saggers, present participle saggering, simple past and past participle saggered)

1. Alternative form of saggar

Etymology 2

sag +? -er

Noun

sagger (plural saggers)

1. (slang) A young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals.

Anagrams

• Gagers, Gregas, aggers, eggars, gagers, seggar

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

lag +? -er

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

1. One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
   • 1984, Wisconsin Economic Planning Information (page 75)

     The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity.

2. One who installs lagging.
   • 2001, Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard

     In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers.

3. (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of legal +? nagger

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

1. (slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

Anagrams

• gargle, gregal, raggle