drogue

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɹəʊɡ/ Rhymes: -əʊɡ === Noun === drogue (plural drogues) (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving. (nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to. (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute. (aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling. A wind cone. ==== Synonyms ==== (conical parachute): drag parachute, drag chute, drogue chute, drogue parachute ==== Derived terms ==== drogue anchor drogueless ==== Translations ==== === Verb === drogue (third-person singular simple present drogues, present participle droguing, simple past and past participle drogued) (transitive) To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached. (transitive) To use a drogue with. (intransitive) To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object. (transitive) To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys. === See also === drag parachute === Anagrams === drouge, gourde, rogued, rouged == French == === Etymology === First attested in Middle French circa 1462, probably from Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʁɔɡ/ === Noun === drogue f (plural drogues) drug ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: dròg → Danish: droge → German: Droge → Norwegian Bokmål: droge → Norwegian Nynorsk: droge === Further reading === “drogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === drogue inflection of drogar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle French == === Etymology === Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog). === Noun === drogue f (plural drogues) drug ==== Descendants ==== == Norman == === Etymology === Either via French (or Middle French) drogue, or borrowed directly from Middle Dutch droge. === Noun === drogue f (plural drogues) (Jersey) drug ==== Derived terms ==== drodgi (“to drug”) drogu'thie (“drugging”) == Portuguese == === Verb === drogue inflection of drogar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === drogue inflection of drogar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative