draggle

UK: /ˈdræɡ^əl/ US: (drag′əl)

Inflections of 'draggle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

draggles

v 3rd person singular

draggling

v pres p

draggled

v past

draggled

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

drag•gle  (drag′əl), v., -gled, -gling. 
v.t. 

1. to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.

v.i. 

2. to trail on the ground;
   be or become draggled.
3. to follow slowly;
   straggle.

• drag + -le 1490–1500

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

draggle / ˈdræɡ^əl/ verb

1. to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle
2. (intransitive) to lag; dawdle

Etymology: 16th Century: probably frequentative of drag