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Definition of rag

substantive

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

rags, ragged or tattered vesture: The tramp was dressed in rags.

whatever commodity of clothes regarded deprecatingly or cocky-deprecatingly, especially a clothes: Information technology's but an erstwhile rag I had in the closet.

a shred, scrap, or bitty chip of anything.

Informal.

1. something of very depression value or in very poor condition.
2. a paper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste: Are you notwithstanding subscribing to that rag?

a person of shabby or exhausted appearance.

a large roofing slate that has one edge untrimmed.

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Idioms about rag

from rags to riches, from extreme poverty to swell wealth: He went from rags to riches in merely three years.

Origin of rag

¹

Showtime recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English ragge, from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian, Swedish ragg "coarse hair," from Old Norse rǫgg

Words nearby rag

rafter, raft ice, rafting, raftsman, RAFVR, rag, raga, ragamuffin, rag-and-os human, ragbag, rag bolt

Other definitions for rag (ii of 4)

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verb (used without object) ragged, rag·ging.

to subject field a person to teasing or scolding, especially in an intense or prolonged way (usually followed by on): Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut.

to criticize a person or thing (ordinarily followed by on): He rags and whines to me instead of fixing the problem. I wish reviewers would terminate ragging on the picture show.

verb (used with object), ragged, rag·ging.

to field of study to teasing or scolding, especially in an intense or prolonged way: He was ragged at school for not joining a sports team.

British. to torment with jokes; play crude applied jokes on.

substantive

British. an human activity of ragging; a cruel or crude applied joke.

Origin of rag

²

Start recorded in 1735–40; origin uncertain

Other definitions for rag (3 of 4)

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verb (used with object), ragged, rag·ging.

to break upwardly (lumps of ore) for sorting.

Origin of rag

^three

Offset recorded in 1870–75; origin uncertain

Other definitions for rag (4 of 4)

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noun

a musical limerick in ragtime: a piano rag.

verb (used with object), ragged, rag·ging.

to play (music) in ragtime.

Origin of rag

⁴

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of ragtime

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Words related to rag

needle, dishrag, dustcloth, patch, remnant, chip, shred, tatter, wiper, banter, harass, jive, joke, josh, kid, mock, razz, rib, scold, tease

How to utilize rag in a sentence

• To refresh them, spray some bicycle degreaser on the tape or grips and wipe everything downwards thoroughly with a clean sponge or rag.

• At the end, they left with iv bottles of cooking oil and a cleaning rag.

• The rags to riches stories that define many players' entry to elite sport can all besides oft play out in reverse when they leave it.

• Use a rag lightly dampened with degreaser followed past a rag dampened with rubbing booze to strip any residue left on the surface.

• My buff, for example, worked as a cervix warmer, face mask, headband and rag — for wiping grease or sunscreen off my hands.

• Then Ziegler tosses the buff LaBeouf around like a rag doll.

• Plus the notion of the poor little guy surrounded past a rag-tag pack of truthful believers is an American favorite.

• He stuck the barrel of the gun out his window and started wiping it downward with a rag.

• In 1992, she was spotted by Sassy magazine, and became a model/intern for the mode rag.

• You should exist so proud of yourself working for an illegitimate rag like the Daily Brute.

• The early pump had rag balls, in keeping with the mechanical ignorance of the fourth dimension, and suitable to man's power.

• The large size of the rag-bike gave the apace revolving chain and assurance a slap-up speed.

• Strain the mixture through a linen rag several times; adding, at the final functioning, two ounces of bear'due south grease.

• Away off the bed, over the brilliant rag carpet, and past the ruby fire, safely and swiftly they trotted.

• It is a common do in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.

British Lexicon definitions for rag (1 of 4)

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noun

1. a small piece of cloth, such every bit one torn from a discarded garment, or such pieces of cloth collectively
2. (as modifier) a rag doll; a rag book; rag paper

a fragmentary slice of whatever material; scrap; shred

informal a paper or other journal, esp ane considered as worthless, sensational, etc

informal an item of article of clothing

breezy a handkerchief

British slang esp nautical a flag or ensign

lose one's rag to lose one'south temper of a sudden

Word Origin for rag

C14: probably back formation from ragged, from Old English language raggig; related to Old Norse rögg tuft

British Dictionary definitions for rag (2 of four)

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verb rags, ragging or ragged (tr)

to draw attention facetiously and persistently to the shortcomings or declared shortcomings of (a person)

British to play crude practical jokes on

noun

British a bouncy practical joke, esp one on a fellow student

(in British universities)

1. a period, normally a calendar week, in which various events are organized to raise money for charity, including a procession of busy floats and tableaux
2. (as modifier) rag day

Word Origin for rag

C18: of uncertain origin

British Lexicon definitions for rag (iii of four)

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noun

verb rags, ragging or ragged

(tr) to compose or perform in ragtime

Word Origin for rag

C20: shortened from ragtime

British Dictionary definitions for rag (iv of iv)

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noun

a covering slate that is rough on one side

Word Origin for rag

C13: of obscure origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with rag

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In addition to the idiom beginning with rag

• rag doll

also see:

• chew the fat (rag)
• from rags to riches
• glad rags
• run ragged

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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