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Meaning rag meaning

What does rag mean?
Definitions in simple English

rag Noun

— A piece of cloth to clean dirty stuff, usually dirty. Use that dirty rag over there to wipe this mess.

rag

— noun a small piece of cloth or paper — noun a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) — noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities — verb break into lumps before sorting rag ore — verb play in ragtime rag that old tune — verb (= torment) treat cruelly The children tormented the stuttering teacher — verb (= bother, irritate) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves — noun (= ragtime) music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) — noun (= tabloid) newspaper with half-size pages — verb (= tease, razz, ride) harass with persistent criticism or carping The children teased the new teacher Don't ride me so hard over my failure His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie — verb (= dress down, scold) censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Synonyms rag synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rag?

rag English » English

shred tatter cloth scrap patch tease rags piece of cloth handkerchief torment tatters scold rile nark irritate gravel get at duster chafe vex tissue tattered cloth tag end tabloid sheet reproof reprimand razz rag week nettle get to devil clout chide chew up call down bother annoy worn-out worn out wear out twit trounce towel taunt tantalize tantalise take to task tag storm

Topics rag topics

What do people use rag to talk about?
Daily life Cleaning

Wipe, erase

Conjugation rag conjugation

How do you conjugate rag?

rag · verb

Examples rag examples

How do I use rag in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust.
He lost his rag.
Grab a rag and help me clean up this mess.
Tom stuffed a rag in the hole.
Tom blocked the hole with a rag.
Tom wiped the table off with a damp rag.
Don't talk to him about politics because it's like a red rag to a bull.
Tom cleaned the top of the table with a wet rag.
Tom wiped off the table with a damp rag.

Movie subtitles

One of the regulars, the old rag collector Peters.
He fell off of a barn, and he played with rag dolls for 30 years.
You mustn't let them rag you.
Keep wetting the rag and hold it to his head.
Get a clean rag and a little stick.
Give us a rag, somebody.
The bloody rag I had wrapped around my wrist hadn't caught his attention he'd have seen the bundle for sure.
I wouldn't be seen dead in this rag. lt's horrible.
He's crowded on every rag she'll carry. Look at her heel, sir.
Rented for 50 cents from some rag picker with a crazy crown on.
The rag fell me from the window!
The only trouble is that after Duelling Cavalier nobody'd come to see me jump off the Woolworth Building into a damp rag.
Carrying every inch of rag he can.
There was nothing left of the guy, nothing at all, except. a rag, a bone, and a hank of hair.
You write for this rag?
Draw down every rag of canvas the yards will hold.
We'll put on every rag of sail.
And you can tell your owner, Mr. Hollis Bane. we're not entertaining anyone from his yellow rag in this house.
All joggled up with any kind of rag-tagging bobtail?
The rag used on artificial documents leads an ash that is unmistakable.
Old rag! You almost killed me tonight!
The hunchback, the rag-man of Paris and the bloody nun.
He's crowded on every rag she'll carry.
I wouldn't have used that rag of mine for a donkey blanket.
There's no room on this rag for the purely ornamental.
This rag? -I did.
That poor rag of a man actually proposed to me tonight on the dance floor.
Take your rag and polish my shoes.
Not yet, but she's heard things about her, didn't leave a rag on her.
And there he was, limp, like a rag.
She's a rag-picker. She looks after me.
You're a rag-picker!
Behaviour you'd expect from rag-pickers.
He twisted my neck like I was a 10-cent rag doll.
Like I was a little rag doll.
It's just an old rag.

News and current affairs

His task was to knock the rag-tag freedom fighters into an army, but there wasn't time to stop the Soviet advance.
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