The act of doing something quickly.
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
To send (a person) away hastily.
To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
To rid; to free.
To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
Delay; latency.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
A bird, the greylag.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
A prisoner, a criminal.
Late.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
To respond slowly.
To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
To cause to lag; to slacken.
To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer).