Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (orig. US, also dragging) exhausted, sickly, lethargic.

1833		S. Smith Major Downing (1834) 118: The poor Huntonites seemed to be a most dragged out.
1848		Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 121: Dragged out fatigued; exhausted, worn out with labor.
1871		Appleton’s Journal (N.Y.) 7 Jan. 18/2: He returns to his tenement-house after a hard day’s work, ‘dragged out,’ and craving excitement.
1905		‘Central Connecticut Word-List’ in DN III:i 8: dragged out, adj. Fatigued.
1949–51		in M. Daly Profile of Youth 236: A ‘dragged-out character’ is often asked increduously, ‘Are you real?’.
1955		W. White ‘Wayne University Sl.’ AS XXX:4 303: dragged, v.i. Tired.
1959		J. Blake letter 21 Jan. in Joint (1972) 127: Please write funny stuff, baby’s draggin.
1967–8		Baker et al. CUSS 108: Dragged out Very tired.
1978		S. King Stand (1990) 184: I do feel kind of dragged out.
1989		P. Munro Sl. U. 29: I drank so much last night that I’m dragging big time.
1992		D. Burke Street Talk 2 16: I’m draggin’ today since I stayed up all night.

2. angry.

1958		M.A. Crane ‘Miscellany’ in AS XXXIII:3 225: Somewhat less frequently aired are the synonyms for annoyed: bugged, dragged, spooked, hacked and hung.
1960		Mad mag. Oct. 10: So the cats and all their chicks were dragged and in a bluesy groove.

3. suffering adverse reactions after smoking cannabis.

1969

R.R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z (1970) 85: dragged Frightened, hysterical after smoking marijuana.

4. drunk.

1997–2000

College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Dragged (adj.) Highly intoxicated.