Pronunciation Noun
rag (plural rags)
- (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
- A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.
- French: chiffon, fripe
- German: Lappen
- Italian: cencio, straccio
- Portuguese: farrapo, trapo
- Russian: тря́пка
- Spanish: jirón, trapo
- French: haillon, loque, guenille
- German: Lumpen, Fetzen
- Portuguese: trapo, farrapo
- Russian: лохмо́тья
- Spanish: trapo, harapo, andrajo
- French: loque
- Russian: оборва́нец
- French: torchon, canard
- Portuguese: pasquim
- Spanish: periodicucho, pasquín, diarrucho, papelucho, papelote
rag (rags, present participle ragging; past and past participle ragged)
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
rag (plural rags)
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 1:
- the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stone — pebble stone, flint and rag stone.
- 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 1:
rag (rags, present participle ragging; past and past participle ragged)
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
rag (rags, present participle ragging; past and past participle ragged)
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- German: Unfug treiben
- Russian: брани́ть
rag (plural rags)
- (dated) A prank or practical joke.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
rag (plural rags)
- (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. [19th c.]
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]
rag (rags, present participle ragging; past and past participle ragged)
- (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
- (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
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