dragger
nounUS /ˈdɹæɡɚ/
Etymology From drag + -er.
1
Something that drags.
3
One who takes part in drag racing.
- On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10:
- In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63:
4
A vehicle used in drag racing.
- So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149:
5
Slang A car thief.
- Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92:
- [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.2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen:
- Derived terms
- dragger-down, footdragger, foot-dragger, heel-dragger, knuckle-dragger, knuckle dragger, tail dragger, taildragger, van-dragger