dragon
IPA: drˈægʌn
noun
- A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
- In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
- (obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
- Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
- A Komodo dragon.
- (astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.
- (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.
- (UK, slang, rare, derogatory) An unattractive woman.
- (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
- (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.
- A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.
- A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
- (military, weaponry, historical) A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
- (computing, rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
- A variety of carrier pigeon.
- (slang) A man who does drag or crossdresses, or sometimes by extension a male-to-female transgender person.
- The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- the Devil.
drag on
IPA: drˈægˈɑn
verb
- (idiomatic) to last too long
drag-on
IPA: drˈægˈɑn
Root Word: Drag-On
noun
- Melvin Smalls, known professionally as Drag-On, is an American rapper.