Definition of Rag

Noun: rag  rag

  1. A small piece of cloth or paper
    - shred, tag, tag end, tatter
     
  2. [Brit] A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
    - rag week [Brit]
     
  3. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
    - ragtime
     
  4. Newspaper with half-size pages
    - tabloid, sheet
     
  5. [Brit] A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
Verb: rag (ragged,ragging)  rag
  1. Harass persistently in cruel or annoying way
    "The children ragged the stuttering teacher";
    - torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
     
  2. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rags me";
    - annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark [Brit], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe, devil
     
  3. (music) play in ragtime
    "rag that old tune"
     
  4. Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
    "The children ragged the new teacher";
    - tease, razz [N. Amer], cod, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride [N. Amer], wind up [Brit]
     
  5. Censure severely or angrily
    "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister";
    - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
     
  6. (mining) break into lumps before sorting
    "rag ore"

See also:
raftsmen
raga

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