Drag or The Drag may refer to:

Places

* 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 adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin

Science and technology

Drag (physics) In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the direction of motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid. This can exist between two fluid layers, two solid surfaces, or b ...

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

Aerodynamic drag In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the direction of motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid. This can exist between two fluid layers, two solid surfaces, or b ...

, the aerodynamic force which resists motion of an aircraft or other object through the air ** Drag parachute, a parachute to reduce the speed of vehicles * Drag and drop, a computer input gesture * Drag harrow, in agriculture, a heavy type of harrow used to break up soil * Drag system, a mechanical means of applying variable pressure to a fishing rod reel in order to act as a friction brake * Police drag, a small dredge used to recover objects or bodies lost in shallow water * ''Drag'', older name for grapnel anchor

Arts and entertainment

Performance

* Drag (entertainment), a form of exaggerated femininity or masculinity *''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 for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...

* Drag (percussion), in drumming, one of the 26 rudiments, or basic patterns used in rudimental drumming

Artists

* Drag (band), an Australian band

Genres

* Witch house (genre), a subgenre of dark electronic music also known as drag * 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'' * "Drag", a song by Hole released on the single " Malibu" * "Drag", a song by Lagwagon from the album '' Hang'' * "Drag", a song by Ronnie Linares and The Del-Aires * "Drag", a song by Steve Wynn * "Drag", a single by surf-pop singer Day Wave

Sport

* Drag (route), in American football * Drag racing, a form of automobile racing * Drag suit, a type of training swimwear. * Drag hunting, a form of hunting with hounds

Other uses

* Drag (carriage), a type of horse-drawn coach * A deep inhalation of a cigarette, in slang * Dragging death, a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal.