rag

Definition of rag in English English dictionary: A newspaper, magazine; A prank or practical joke; A sail, or any piece of canvas; To haze, use physical violence in school setting; A low card; A card that appears to help no one; A piece of ragtime music
The song Maple Leaf Rag has a pleasant, bouncy tune.; To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter; To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner; A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin; Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress; A ragged edge; A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment; The term “rag” is often used interchangeably with “cotton fiber content” and harkens to a period of time when paper was actually made using cotton rags which were cleaned and then broken down into fibers which were then used to manufacture paper In a sense it could be stated that the fine paper business has been engaged in recycling materials for production since its very beginning Today paper is no longer made from rags and the term “rag” is falling in disfavor by the industry in lieu of the phrase “cotton fiber content”; treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"; a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities; Formerly the principal raw material used in the making process; often meaning cotton rags Rag content describes the amount of cotton fiber relative to the total amount of material used in the pulp "Rag content" is not widely used (or is a misnomer) today as more and more high quality paper is made not from rag but from linters; play in ragtime; "rag that old tune; regimental artillery group; {i} old cloth, scrap of fabric; piece of ragtime music; disapproval People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it. `This man Tom works for a local rag,' he said. see also ragged; A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things. He was wiping his hands on an oily rag; play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"; If you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry. This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies. A piece written in ragtime. ragged ragging to laugh at someone or play tricks on them = tease; To break (ore) into lumps for sorting; a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) a small piece of cloth or paper a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"; in syncopated time; A tune or the series of five or more notes upon which it is based; To play or compose a piece, melody, etc; You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor. His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that; To dance to ragtime music, esp; To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone; 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"; a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students); 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"; To become tattered; newspaper with half-size pages; Describes a margin that isn't flush Rag right means the right margin isn't flush Rag left means the left margin isn't flush The expression "flush left/rag right" is sometimes used to describe type that is *quadded left; {f} tease, mock, poke fun at; play practical jokes, play pranks; music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano); A card, usually a low card, that, when it appears, has no apparent impact on the hand A flop of 7 4 2 is a rag flop - few playable hands match the flop well If the table shows QJT9, all of spades, a 2h on the river is a rag I didn't think anyone could've hit the flop when it came all rags; 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"; Rag; Slang for the House Curtain; a small piece of cloth or paper; Rags are old torn clothes. There were men, women and small children, some dressed in rags; in some manner considered indecorous; The irregularity along the left or right edge of a column of text; break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"; Abehnuq; Radiocommunications Advisory Group An ITU body established to review priorities, programs, operations and strategies related to radiocommunication assemblies, study groups and preparation for radiocommunication conferences
rag and bone man: a man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk
rag and bone men: plural form of rag and bone man
rag bagger: A sailor who tends to sail on messy cruising vessels
rag bagger: A sailboat, usually a cruising sailboat tending to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks neglected or messy
The rag bagger offloaded his vessel in the rain.
rag baggers: plural form of rag bagger
rag doll: A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags
The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll.
rag dolls: plural form of rag doll
rag pudding: An old-fashioned English savoury dish of minced meat and onions wrapped in suet pastry and boiled or steamed
rag the puck: To proceed slowly at any activity in order to use up time; to stall for time
We're kind of running the clock here and there's a question as to whether the government's ragging the puck. There's absolutely no reason why we can't get an agreement. I'm optimistic we can, but it's getting a bit late.
rag the puck: To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time
So confident and serene were the Red Wings that despite have several opportunities to attempt empty-netters from their own end, they opted to coolly rag the puck in the neutral zone.
rag trade: The fashion industry
rag week: The days of the month when a woman has her period
I wouldn't bother trying to get off with her – it's rag week.
rag week: An annual event in many (mainly British) universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity
rag-and-bone shop: A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items
rag-bagger: Alternative spelling of rag bagger
rag-chewing: A phrase used by morse code operators for a longer than usual conversation, generally a conversation extending about 30 minutes
rag-roll: To use rag-rolling to create a decorative finish
rag-rolled: Having a decorative finish obtained by rag-rolling
rag-rolled: Simple past tense and past participle of rag-roll
rag-rolling: The application of paint to a surface by transferring it from a rag applied in a rolling motion; the decorative finish so produced
rag-rolling: Present participle of rag-roll
rag-week: Attributive form of rag week, noun
rag and bone man: A rag-and-bone man is a person who goes from street to street in a vehicle or with a horse and cart buying things such as old clothes and furniture
rag rug: A rug made from small strips of fabric hooked into or pushed through a material such as hessian
rag day: a day on which university students hold a rag
rag doll: a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted
rag doll: A rag doll is a soft doll made of cloth. a soft doll made of cloth
rag doll: stuffed doll made from soft cloth
rag paper: paper made partly or wholly from rags
rag rug: - A sturdy, colorful rug hand-woven from cotton scraps
rag rug: A rag rug is a small carpet made of old pieces of cloth stitched or woven together
rag rug: Sturdy, hand-woven (often braided) cotton rug made of fabric scraps
rag rug: A sturdy, colorful rug handwoven from cotton scraps
rag rug: Sturdy, handwoven cotton rugs
rag rug: A sturdy, colorful rug hand-woven from cotton scraps
rag trade: The rag trade is the business and industry of making and selling clothes, especially women's clothes. The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive. The garment industry. the rag trade the business of making and selling clothes, especially women's clothes = the fashion industry
rag week: rag: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag-and-bone man: A rag-and-bone man is a person who goes from street to street in a vehicle or with a horse and cart buying things such as old clothes and furniture
rag-and-bone-man: rag-and-bone-men a man who goes around the streets buying and collecting old clothes and other things that people no longer want
do-rag: A piece of cloth used to cover the head
I can pay for my own damn beer, the man in the flame do-rag says.
jam rag: A sanitary towel
lose one's rag: To become angry
Come on, everyone loses their rag occasionally. It can’t be that bad. ’.
oily rag: A cigarette - by way of fag
oily rag: An employee in a menial, unskilled role in a factory or workshop. Named for such employees often carrying a rag with them to wipe up spillages of oil or grease
on the rag: In a bad mood
on the rag: Menstruating
ragged: Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow
ragged: Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail
ragged: Rough; shaggy; rugged
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? - John Dryden.
ragged: Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks
ragged: Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant
A ragged noise of mirth. - George Herbert.
ragged: Simple past tense and past participle of rag
smell of an oily rag: A very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money)
We did it on the smell of an oily rag, says Danielle Kootman of Tourism Queensland.
snot rag: A handkerchief
toe rag: A tramp
toe rag: Dried salt cod-fish
toe rag: A cloth worn wrapped around the foot instead of a sock
One of his feet had been bleeding, I could see from his 'toe-rag,' which stuck out on one side.
toe rag: An obnoxious or insignificant person
chew the rag: (deyim) Chat in a leisurely way
chew the rag with someone: chat with somebody, make friendly conversation with someone
like a red rag to a bull: in a manner that attracts, causing uncontrollable attraction
local rag: a local newspaper
nose rag: {i} handkerchief, small piece of fabric for wiping the eyes or nose
pine-tar rag: baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
ragged: Ragged clothes are old and torn
ragged: Someone who is ragged looks untidy and is wearing clothes that are old and torn. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted. + raggedly rag·ged·ly raggedly dressed children
ragged: [See RAGULY ]
ragged: {s} tattered, torn, worn; rough, having jagged edges
ragged: You can say that something is ragged when it is untidy or uneven. O'Brien formed the men into a ragged line. = uneven + raggedly rag·ged·ly Some people tried to sing, but their voices soon died raggedly away
ragged: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
ragged: layout and type term
ragged: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line" worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged" being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp
ragged: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
ragged: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp
ragged: Type that is not justified on the right or left side
ragged: A flop (or board) that doesn't appear to help anybody very much A flop that came down Jd-6h-2c would look ragged
ragged: worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
ragged: text set with an unjustified margin, right, left, or both
ragging: retaining the puck by clever stickhandling; often used by a shorthanded team to kill time
ragging: present participle of rag
ragging: retaining the puck by clever stickhandling; often used by a shorthanded team to kill time red line: the line that divides the length of the ice surface in half referee: the chief official in a hockey game, distinguished from the other officials by a red armband; he starts the game, calls most of the penalties and makes the final decision in any dispute; he is responsible for making sure the ice, the nets and the clock are in good condition; he wears black pants and an official league sweater; he is also on skates referee's crease: a semi-circular area, with a 10 foot radius, marked in red on the ice in front of the timekeepers' bench into which players may not follow a referee roster: a list of the players on a team roughing: a minor penalty which occurs when a fight between players is more of a pushing and shoving match; a less severe penalty than fighting S
ragging: A painting technique that uses a crumbled piece of cloth to apply or remove small amounts of wet paint to create a pattern or texture
rags: a class of syncopated dance tunes that emerged in folk and popular music in America around the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth century The musical style is sometimes called "ragtime "
rags: third-person singular of rag
rags: A genre of early jazz, originally played entirely on the piano Scott Joplin was the most famous composer of rags
rags: (B) small cards; low spot cards
rags: Acluh Acelliq Acelqii
rags: {i} shreds of fabric, old scraps of cloth
rags: plural of rag
red rag: object that arouses immediate anger and opposition
snot rag: (Slang) handkerchief
wash-rag: A wash-rag is the same as a washcloth

rag

Turkish pronunciation

räg

Pronunciation

/ˈrag/ /ˈræɡ/

Etymology

[ 'rag ] (noun.) 14th century. : Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg, from Old Norse rǫgg tuft, shagginess - ca. 14th century : 7 - Short for ragtime - ca. 1897