drag

Naija

Alternative forms

• carri 0.68 565, criticise 0.65 80, nack 0.64 376, pursue 0.63 426, hail 0.62 198, cari 0.62 793, dash 0.61 118, sama 0.61 178, push 0.61 337

Etymology

Borrowed from English drag

Pronunciation

• drág

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 7
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 908
• Frequency in raw corpus: 258
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1111

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

drag: argue, to compete -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   We don dey drag di issue since morning.  — (We have been arguing the issue since morning.)

   Dem dey drag who go carry first.  — (They are competing for first position.)

2. obj (frequency:25)

   De go come begin drag remote.  — (KAD_03_Why-Men-Watch-Football_MG__10, Then they will start fighting over who holds the remote.)

   APC primaries: see how Ambode and Sanwo-Olu take drag diaself  — (bbc__10867, __no translation__)

3. obj-obl:arg (frequency:12)

   OWhy una wan drag Buhari inside Benue state mata?  — (bbc__75912, __no translation__)

   As you go expect, pipo for social media begin drag oga Shogunle for wetin im tok.  — (bbc__17538, __no translation__)

4. obl:arg (frequency:8)

   Nigeria: 3 young pipo wey wan follow Buhari drag for president  — (bbc__74218, __no translation__)

   Why Ethiopia Prime Minister resign Nigeria: 3 young pipo wey wan follow Buhari drag for president  — (bbc__100338, __no translation__)

5. - (frequency:7)

   E even follow do serious debate wit oda pipo wey follow am drag.  — (bbc__47201, __no translation__)

   Dis latest one na di third travel ban, and na di state of Hawaii drag Mr Trump - dem say di president no get di power to dey try force all dis kain ban.  — (bbc__40829, __no translation__)

6. aux-obj (frequency:7)

   Go dey drag dat road.  — (IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__122, Will be dragging the road.)

   Even chicken dey enter house, dey follow us, dey drag rice, dey eat now,  — (NST_cleaned__25823, __no translation__)

7. mark-obj (frequency:5)

   But another thing wey dey usual with dis tweet na how Trump dey like to drag di matter of size.  — (bbc__21782, __no translation__)

   Amnesty also accuse goment for Nigeria unto say dem no try to drag pipo wey get hand inside insecurity mata go court.  — (bbc__14844, __no translation__)

8. aux-mark-obj (frequency:4)

   We as Senate, suppose do our own action, we no need to dey drag di mata.  — (bbc__6526, __no translation__)

   As if dat one no do, wahala dey shake di Nigeria Football Federation on top two factions - Amaju Pinnick for one corner and Chris Giwa for di oda - wey dey drag who suppose control football for Nigeria.  — (bbc__17183, __no translation__)

9. advcl-obj (frequency:2)

   Ms Nyamushanya dey stay for Mutare, and na from there she begin drag di matter sotay e reach court.  — (bbc__68955, __no translation__)

   Dis year, na 20 pipo drag di money No be lie say Big Brother Naija don take ova, for di last few months.  — (bbc__43007, __no translation__)

10. aux-obl:arg (frequency:2)

    Dis year, na 77 pipo na im dey drag for awards for di 25 different category dem.  — (bbc__43008, __no translation__)

    Late Ebony Reigns win VGMA 2018 Artiste of di Year Ghana: Shatta Wale don sign new music deal Davido, Wizkid, Simi, Olamide dey drag for Headies 'Artiste of di year'  — (bbc__63418, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• carri 0.68 565, criticise 0.65 80, nack 0.64 376, pursue 0.63 426, hail 0.62 198, cari 0.62 793, dash 0.61 118, sama 0.61 178, push 0.61 337

Antonyms

• carri 0.68 565, criticise 0.65 80, nack 0.64 376, pursue 0.63 426, hail 0.62 198, cari 0.62 793, dash 0.61 118, sama 0.61 178, push 0.61 337

Translations

• English: argue, to compete