draggle

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: drag=gle

OXFORD DICTIONARY

draggle, v.
1 tr. make dirty or wet or limp by trailing.
2 intr. hang trailing.
3 intr. lag; straggle in the rear.

Idiom

draggle-tailed (of a woman) with untidily trailing skirts.

Etymology

DRAG + -LE(4)

THESAURUS

draggle

bag, bedrabble, bedraggle, cascade, daggle, dangle, depend, drabble, drag, drape, draw, droop, fall, flap, flop, flow, hale, hang, hang down, haul, heave, lop, lug, nod, pend, pull, sag, snake, swag, swing, take in tow, tow, trail, train, traipse, trawl, troll, tug, weep

ROGET THESAURUS

draggle

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.