verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground.

   "[…] with draggled nets down-hanging to the tide […]"

2. 2
   make wet and dirty, as from rain wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bedragglebagbedrabblebedragglecascadedaggle

Example

More examples

"[…] with draggled nets down-hanging to the tide […]"

Etymology

From drag + -le.

Related phrases

draggle-taildraggle-tailed

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.