rag
IPA: rˈæg
noun
- (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
- (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- (dated) A prank or practical joke.
- (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Rag and Famish (“the Army and Navy Club in London, England”)
verb
- (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- (intransitive) To become tattered.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- (Britain 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.
- (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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Examples of "rag" in Sentences
- He is good at composing rag.
- She is sewing her ragged socks.
- He is covering himself with rag.
- Beggars wear dirty and old rags.
- The ragged men in the ragged clothes.
- The beggar is wearing a ragged clothes.
- He danced with the girl during the rag.
- What are you going to do with that rag
- It covers the ragged, exposed end of the post.
- The ragged survivors fled to the safety of Ironforge.