laggy

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/ˈlæɡi/

adjective

Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

“I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.”

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Meanings

adjectivelaggy (comparative laggier, superlative laggiest)

comparative laggier · superlative laggiest

  1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

    Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.

  2. InternetinformalcomputingTending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.

    I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.

Origin

From lag + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with laggy

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Cite this entry
APA

laggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laggy

MLA

“laggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laggy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laggy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laggy.

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