Definitions for ragræg

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ragræg(n.)

  1. a worthless piece of cloth, esp. one that is torn or worn.

  2. rags, ragged or tattered clothing.

  3. any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly.

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

    Category: Printing

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

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

    Category: Informal

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

Origin of rag:

1275–1325; ME ragge < Scand

rag*ræg(v.; n.)ragged, rag•ging

  1. (v.t.)to scold.

    Category: Informal

  2. to subject to a teasing.

    Category: Informal

  3. Brit. to torment; tease.

    Category: Informal, British

* Informal..

Origin of rag:

1790–1800

ragræg(n.)

  1. a musical composition in ragtime.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of rag:

1895–1900; shortened form of ragtime

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter(noun)

    a small piece of cloth or paper

  2. rag, rag week(noun)

    a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

  3. ragtime, rag(noun)

    music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

  4. tabloid, rag, sheet(noun)

    newspaper with half-size pages

  5. rag(verb)

    a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

  6. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate(verb)

    treat cruelly

    "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

  7. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil(verb)

    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. rag(verb)

    play in ragtime

    "rag that old tune"

  9. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride(verb)

    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. 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(verb)

    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. rag(verb)

    break into lumps before sorting

    "rag ore"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. rag(noun)æg

    an old cloth used for cleaning

    Use an old rag to polish it.

  2. ragæg

    old, torn clothing

    children dressed in rags

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rag(verb)

    to scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter

  2. Rag(noun)

    a piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment

  3. Rag(noun)

    hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress

  4. Rag(noun)

    a shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin

  5. Rag(noun)

    a coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture

  6. Rag(noun)

    a ragged edge

  7. Rag(noun)

    a sail, or any piece of canvas

  8. Rag(verb)

    to become tattered

  9. Rag(verb)

    to break (ore) into lumps for sorting

  10. Rag(verb)

    to cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone


Translations for rag

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

rag(noun)

a piece of old, torn or worn cloth

I'll polish my bike with this old rag.

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