Drag or The Drag may refer to:

Places

Drag, Norway or or is a village in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Tysfjorden, about northeast of the town of Bodø and about south of the town of Narvik. The village has a population (2018) of 319 which ...

, a village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland, Norway * ''Drág'', the Hungarian name for

Dragu Dragu ( hu, Drág) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to ...

Commune in Sălaj County, Romania *

Drag (Austin, Texas) ''The Drag'' is a nickname for a portion of Guadalupe Street that runs along the western edge of the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The Drag began as a strip of shops which provided vital resources to UT students. Bookstores, rest ...

, the portion of Guadalupe Street adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin

Science and technology

Drag (physics) In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fl ...

, the force which resists motion of an object through a fluid **

Drag equation In fluid dynamics, the drag equation is a formula used to calculate the force of drag experienced by an object due to movement through a fully enclosing fluid. The equation is: F_\, =\, \tfrac12\, \rho\, u^2\, c_\, A where *F_ is the drag force ...

, a mathematical equation used in analyzing the magnitude of drag caused by fluid flow **

Drag coefficient In fluid dynamics, the drag coefficient (commonly denoted as: c_\mathrm, c_x or c_) is a dimensionless quantity that is used to quantify the drag or resistance of an object in a fluid environment, such as air or water. It is used in the drag equ ...

, a non-dimensional coefficient that is one of the terms in the drag equation **

Aerodynamic drag In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fl ...

, the aerodynamic force which resists motion of an aircraft or other object through the air **

Drag crisis In fluid dynamics, drag crisis (also known as the Eiffel paradox) is a phenomenon in which drag coefficient drops off suddenly as Reynolds number increases. This has been well studied for round bodies like spheres and cylinders. The drag coeff ...

, a rapid change in drag coefficient over a small range of Reynolds number **

Drag parachute A drogue parachute is a parachute designed for deployment from a rapidly-moving object. It can be used for various purposes, such as to decrease speed, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot parachute to deploy a larger parachute. V ...

, a parachute to reduce the speed of vehicles *

Park drag A coach is a large, closed, four-wheeled, passenger-carrying vehicle or carriage usually drawn by two or more horses controlled by a coachman, a postilion, or both. A coach has doors in its sides and a front and a back seat inside. The driver h ...

, a type of carriage * Police drag, a small dredge used to recover objects or bodies lost in shallow water *

Drag harrow A drag harrow, a type of spring-tooth harrow, is a largely outdated type of soil cultivation implement that is used to smooth the ground as well as loosen it after it has been plowed and packed. It uses many flexible iron teeth usually arra ...

, in agriculture, a heavy type of harrow used to break up soil *

Drag link A drag link converts rotary motion from a crank arm, to a second bellcrank, usually in an automotive steering system. While the origin of the term is not clear, it pre-dates the automobile, and is described as in use in 1849 as a means of rotating ...

, a component commonly used in automotive steering systems * 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 In computer graphical user interfaces, drag and drop is a pointing device gesture in which the user selects a virtual object by "grabbing" it and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object. In general, it can be used to ...

, a computer input gesture

Arts and entertainment

Drag (clothing) The term "drag" refers to the performance of exaggerated masculinity, femininity, or other forms of gender expression, usually for entertainment purposes. A drag queen is someone (usually male) who performs femininity and a drag king is someon ...

, the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender *''Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business'', a history book of drag queens by Frank DeCaro

Film and theatre

* ''The Drag'' (play), a Mae West play * ''Drag'' (film), a 1929 drama film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''The Drag'' (film), a 1966 Canadian animated short

Music

* To drag, in music, to play slower than the indicated

tempo In musical terminology, tempo (Italian, 'time'; plural ''tempos'', or ''tempi'' from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often ...

Drag (percussion) In ''rudimental drumming'', a form of percussion music, a drum rudiment is one of a number of relatively small patterns which form the foundation for more extended and complex drumming patterns. The term "drum rudiment" is most closely associa ...

, in drumming, one of the 26 rudiments, or basic patterns used in rudimental drumming

Artists

Drag (band) Drag are an Australian rock band led by Darren Middleton, most known as the lead guitarist from rock group Powderfinger. History Middleton started the band with drummer Mark McElligott, who is also the live engineer for Powderfinger, in 2000 a ...

, an Australian band

Genres

Witch house (music genre) Witch house is a microgenre of electronic music characterized by dark occult themes and visual aesthetics that emerged in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The style is heavily influenced by chopped and screwed hip hop, as well as industrial musi ...

, a subgenre of dark electronic music * Slow Drag (dance), a genre of blues dancing

Recordings

* ''Drag'' (k.d. lang album), a 1997 album by k.d. lang * ''Drag'' (Red Aunts album), an album by the Red Aunts * "Drag", a song by King Adora released on the single " Drag/9" Of Pure Malice" * "The Drag", a song by Ty Segall from the album ''

Ty Segall Ty (stylized as ty) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded by Ty Warner in 1986. It designs, develops and sells products, most notably Beanie Babies, exclusively to speci ...

'' * "Drag", a song by Hole released on the single " Malibu" * "Drag", a song by Ronnie Linares and

The Del-Aires The Del-Aires were a Paterson, New Jersey rock band of the 1960s. They were featured as themselves in Del Tenney's 1964 B-movie beach party film, ''The Horror of Party Beach.''Thomas Lisanti ''Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959- ...

* "Drag", a song by

Steve Wynn Stephen Alan Wynn (''né'' Weinberg; born January 27, 1942) is an American real estate developer and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction ...

* "Drag", a single by surf-pop singer

Day Wave Day Wave is an American indie rock project from Oakland, California, formed in 2014. The band, based around musician Jackson Phillips, with accompanying musicians for live performances, released their debut EP ''Headcase'' in 2015. Day Wave has be ...

Sport

Drag (route) A route is a pattern or path that a receiver in gridiron football runs to get open for a forward pass. Routes are usually run by wide receivers, running backs and tight ends, but other positions can act as a receiver given the play. One popular ...

, in American football *

Drag racing Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most c ...

, a form of automobile racing *

Drag suit Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuit, clothing, equipment, and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, triathlon, and water polo. Some swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competi ...

, a type of training swimwear. *

Drag hunting Drag hunting or draghunting is a form of equestrian sport, where mounted riders hunt the trail of an artificially laid scent with hounds. Description Drag hunting is conducted in a similar manner to fox hunting, with a field of mounted riders fol ...

, a form of hunting with hounds

Other uses

* A deep

inhalation Inhalation (or Inspiration) happens when air or other gases enter the lungs. Inhalation of air Inhalation of air, as part of the cycle of breathing, is a vital process for all human life. The process is autonomic (though there are exceptions ...

of a cigarette, in slang * Dragging death, a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal.