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Definition of 'rag'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rag
a worthless piece of cloth, esp. one that is torn or worn.

2.  rag
rags, ragged or tattered clothing.

3.  rag
any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly.

4.  rag
a cloth-based pulp used in making high-quality paper, as bond.

5.  rag
a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything.

6.  rag
something of very low value or in very poor condition.

7.  rag
Informal. a newspaper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste.

8. (v.t.) rag
to scold.

9.  rag
to subject to a teasing.

10.  rag
Brit. to torment; tease.

11. (n.) rag
a musical composition in ragtime.

Etymology: (1895–1900; shortened form of ragtime)

Definition of 'rag'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter
a small piece of cloth or paper

2. (noun) rag, rag week
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

3. (noun) ragtime, rag
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

4. (noun) tabloid, rag, sheet
newspaper with half-size pages

5. (verb) rag
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

6. (verb) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

7. (verb) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

8. (verb) rag
play in ragtime
"rag that old tune"

9. (verb) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

10. (verb) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

11. (verb) rag
break into lumps before sorting
"rag ore"

Definition of 'rag'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rag
an old cloth used for cleaning
Use an old rag to polish it.

2. rag
rags
old, torn clothing
children dressed in rags

Definition of 'rag'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) rag
a piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment

2. (noun) rag
hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress

3. (noun) rag
a shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin

4. (noun) rag
a coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture

5. (noun) rag
a ragged edge

6. (noun) rag
a sail, or any piece of canvas

7. (verb) rag
to scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter

8. (verb) rag
to become tattered

9. (verb) rag
to break (ore) into lumps for sorting

10. (verb) rag
to cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone

Translation of 'rag'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a piece of old, torn or worn cloth I'll polish my bike with this old rag.
Afrikaans: lap	Arabic: خِرْقَه	Bulgarian: парцал
Brazilian: trapo	Czech: hadr	German: der Lumpen
Danish: klud	Greek: κουνέλι	Spanish: trapo
Estonian: kalts	Farsi: لته؛ تکه پارچه	Finnish: riepu
French: guenille	Hebrew: סְמַרטוּט	Hindi: चिथड़ा
Croatian: stara krpa, dronjak	Hungarian: rongy	Indonesian: kain perca
Icelandic: tuska	Italian: straccio	Japanese: ぼろ切れ
Korean: 누더기 조각	Lithuanian: skuduras, skarmalas	Latvian: lupata; skranda
Malay: kain buruk	Dutch: lap	Norwegian: fille, klut
Polish: gałgan	Persian: لته؛ تکه پارچه	Pashto: ګودړ، كنځر، رنجه (ريتاړه)
Portuguese: trapo	Romanian: zdreanţă; cârpă	Russian: тряпка, ветошь
Slovak: handra	Slovenian: cunja	Serbian: krpa
Swedish: trasa	Thai: ผ้าขี้ริ้ว	Turkish: paçavra
Taiwanese: 抹布，破布	Ukrainian: ганчірка; клапоть	Urdu: چیتھرا
Vietnamese: giẻ rách	Chinese: 抹布，破布
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