rag | English to English Dictionary

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rag

(r/&/g )

a small piece of cloth or paper(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
shred, tag, tag end, tatter

source: wordnet30
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities(noun.time)

Synonym:
rag week

source: wordnet30
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
ragtime

source: wordnet30
newspaper with half-size pages(noun.communication)

Synonym:
sheet, tabloid

source: wordnet30
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.(noun)

source: webster1913

treat cruelly(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment

source: wordnet30
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex

source: wordnet30
play in ragtime(verb.creation)

Example:
Rag that old tune.

source: wordnet30
harass with persistent criticism or carping(verb.communication)

Synonym:
bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit

source: wordnet30
censure severely or angrily(verb.communication)

Example:
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister.

Synonym:
bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold

source: wordnet30
break into lumps before sorting(verb.change)

Example:
Rag ore.

source: wordnet30
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become tattered.(verb)

source: webster1913
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.(verb)

source: webster1913
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.(verb)

source: webster1913