Drag

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Drag or The Drag may refer to:

Geography

• Drag, Norway, a village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland, Norway
• Drág, the Hungarian name for Dragu Commune in Sălaj County, Romania
• Drag (Austin, Texas), the portion of Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin
• A colloquial name used in some U.S. cities to refer to a particularly well-traveled street
• A strip featuring numerous specialty vendors in the Orcish capital of Orgrimmar in the Warcraft universe

In science and technology

• A deep inhalation of a cigarette
• Drag (physics), the force which resists motion of an object through a fluid
• Drag equation, a mathematical equation used in analyzing the magnitude of drag caused by fluid flow
• Drag coefficient, a non-dimensional coefficient that is one of the terms in the drag equation
• Aerodynamic drag, the aerodynamic force which resists motion of an aircraft or other object through the air
• Drag crisis, a rapid change in drag coefficient over a small range of Reynolds number
• Park drag, a type of carriage
• Police drag, a small dredge used to recover objects or bodies lost in shallow water
• Drag harrow, in agriculture, a heavy type of harrow used to break up soil
• Drag parachute, a parachute to reduce the speed of vehicles
• Drag system, a mechanical means of applying variable pressure to a fishing rod reel in order to act as a friction brake
• Drag and drop, a computer input gesture

In theatre and entertainment

• Drag (clothing), the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender
  • Drag king, mostly female identified people who dress and perform as males
  • Drag queen, mostly male identified people who dress and perform as females
• Drag show, entertainment, cross-dressing ensemble
• The Drag (play), a Mae West play
• Drag (film), a 1929 drama film directed by Frank Lloyd

In sports

• Drag racing, a form of automobile racing
• Drag suit, a type of training swimwear.
• Drag hunting, a form of hunting with hounds

Music

• To drag, in music, to play slower than the indicated tempo
• Witch house (music genre), a subgenre of dark electronic music
• Slow Drag (dance), a genre of blues dancing
• Drag (percussion), in drumming, one of the 26 rudiments, or basic patterns used in rudimental drumming
• Drag (band), an Australian band

Albums

• Drag (k.d. lang album), a 1997 album by k.d. lang
• Drag (Red Aunts album), an album by the Red Aunts

Songs

• "The Drag", song by the Isley Brothers (1958)
• "The Drag", song by Jimmy McCracklin (1961)
• "Drag", a song by King Adora 2003
• "The Drag", song by Thee Oh Sees (2009)
• "Drag", a song by Hole (band) 1999
• "Drag", a song by Ronnie Linares and The Del-Aires 1964
• "Drag", a song by Steve Wynn 1992