rag
noun
[ raɡ ]
• a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.
• "he wiped his hands on an oily rag"
• a newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality.
• "the local rag"
• a herd of colts.
• "a rag of colts roamed the moorland"
rag
verb
• give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.
• "the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below"
Origin:
Middle English: probably a back-formation from ragged or raggy.
rag
verb
• make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner.
• "he ragged me about not smoking or drinking"
Similar:
make fun of,
poke fun at,
chaff,
tease,
make jokes about,
mock,
laugh at,
guy,
satirize,
be sarcastic about,
deride,
ridicule,
scoff at,
jeer at,
jibe at,
taunt,
bait,
goad,
pick on,
take the mickey out of,
send up,
rib,
josh,
wind up,
have on,
pull someone's leg,
make a monkey of,
goof on,
rag on,
put on,
pull someone's chain,
razz,
fun,
shuck,
poke mullock at,
poke borak at,
sling off at,
chiack,
sledge,
rot,
make sport of,
twit,
quiz,
smoke,
flout at,
rally,
take the piss out of,
• rebuke severely.
• "I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling Key lime pie"
• keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time.
• "players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties"
rag
noun
• a programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity.
• "rag week"
Similar:
fundraising event,
charity event,
charitable event,
collection,
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin.
rag
noun
• a large coarse roofing slate.
• a hard, coarse sedimentary rock that can be broken into thick slabs.
Origin:
late Middle English (in rag3 (sense 2 of the noun)): of unknown origin; later associated with rag1.
rag
noun
• a ragtime composition or tune.
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from ragged; compare with ragtime.
rag
noun
• variant of raga.
raga
noun
• (in Indian classical music) each of the six basic musical modes which express different moods in certain characteristic progressions, with more emphasis placed on some notes than others.
Origin:
late 18th century: from Sanskrit, literally ‘colour, musical tone’.
