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rag 1
(răg)n.
Idiom: 1.
a. A scrap of cloth.
b. A piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing, or dusting.
2. rags Threadbare or tattered clothing.
3. Cloth converted to pulp for making paper.
4. A scrap; a fragment.
5. Slang A newspaper, especially one specializing in sensationalism or gossip.
6. The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit.
on the rag Vulgar Slang
1. Menstruating.
2. Irritable; grouchy.
[Middle English ragge, ultimately (probably partly by back-formation from raggi, shaggy, ragged) of Old Norse origin; akin to Old Icelandic rögg, tuft and Swedish ragg, shaggy hair.]
rag 2
(răg)tr.v. ragged, rag·ging, rags
1. Slang
a. To criticize or scold (someone).
b. To criticize or complain about (something).
c. To tease or taunt (someone).
2. Chiefly British To play a joke on.
3. Sports In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
n. Chiefly British
Phrasal Verb: A practical joke; a prank.
rag on
1. To criticize or scold: ragged on me for being late.
2. To complain about (something).
3. To tease or taunt: ragged on their classmate mercilessly.
[Origin unknown.]
rag 3
(răg)n.
1. A roofing slate with one rough surface.
2. Chiefly British A coarsely textured rock.
[Origin unknown.]
rag 4
(răg)tr.v. ragged, rag·ging, rags
To compose or play (a piece) in ragtime.
n.
A piece written in ragtime.
[Perhaps from ragged.]
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rag
(ræɡ)n
1. (Textiles)
a. a small piece of cloth, such as one torn from a discarded garment, or such pieces of cloth collectively
b. (as modifier): a rag doll; a rag book; rag paper.
2. a fragmentary piece of any material; scrap; shred
3. (Journalism & Publishing) informal a newspaper or other journal, esp one considered as worthless, sensational, etc
4. (Clothing & Fashion) informal an item of clothing
5. informal a handkerchief
6. (Nautical Terms) slang esp navy Brit a flag or ensign
7. lose one's rag to lose one's temper suddenly
[C14: probably back formation from ragged, from Old English raggig; related to Old Norse rögg tuft]
rag
(ræɡ)vb (tr) , rags, ragging or ragged
1. to draw attention facetiously and persistently to the shortcomings or alleged shortcomings of (a person)
2. Brit to play rough practical jokes on
n
3. Brit a boisterous practical joke, esp one on a fellow student
4. (Education) (in British universities)
a. a period, usually a week, in which various events are organized to raise money for charity, including a procession of decorated floats and tableaux
b. (as modifier): rag day.
[C18: of uncertain origin]
rag
(ræɡ) jazzn
(Jazz) a piece of ragtime music
vb, rags, ragging or ragged
(Jazz) (tr) to compose or perform in ragtime
[C20: shortened from ragtime]
rag
(ræɡ)n
(Building) a roofing slate that is rough on one side
[C13: of obscure origin]
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rag1
(ræg)n.
1. a worthless piece of cloth, esp. one that is torn or worn.
2. rags, ragged or tattered clothing.
3. any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly.
4. a cloth-based pulp used in making high-quality paper, as bond.
5. a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything.
6. something of very low value or in very poor condition.
7. Informal. a newspaper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste.
[1275–1325; Middle English ragge < Scandinavian]
rag2
(ræg)v. ragged, rag•ging,
n. Informal. v.t.
1. to scold.
2. to subject to a teasing.
3. Brit. to torment; tease.
[1790–1800]
rag4
(ræg)n.
a musical composition in ragtime.
[1895–1900; shortened form of ragtime]
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Rag
a small scrap of cloth; colts collectively.Examples: rag of canvas, 1823; a flying rag of cloud, 1873; of colts, 1470; no rag of evidence, 1893; of land, 1650; of other languages, 1597; not a rag of money, 1590; lowest rag of the human race (the rabble), 1649; of rhetoric, 1529.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
rag
Past participle: ragged
Gerund: ragging
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| Noun | 1. |  rag - a small piece of cloth or paper piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric 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 |
| 2. | rag - a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom rag day - a day on which university students hold a rag | |
| 3. |  rag - music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)dance music - music to dance to | |
| 4. | rag - newspaper with half-size pages | |
| 5. | rag - a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish) Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| Verb | 1. |  rag - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" |
| 2. |  rag - 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"get under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" fret - cause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" displease - give displeasure to | |
| 3. | rag - play in ragtime; "rag that old tune" music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
| 4. |  rag - 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" | |
| 5. |  rag - 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"call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, take to task, rebuke, reprimand, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off" criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" | |
| 6. | rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" |
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rag
1noun
1. cloth, piece of cloth He was wiping his oily hands on a rag.
2. (Informal) newspaper, paper, journal, tabloid, newsletter, periodical, broadsheet He works for the local rag.
plural noun
1. tatters, old clothes, tattered clothes, torn clothes, tattered clothing There were men, women and children, some dressed in rags.
tatters finery, Sunday best, gladrags
tatters finery, Sunday best, gladrags
in rags shabby, ragged, seedy, tattered, down at heel, out at elbow Grandma Jana was ashamed to let Cleave see me in rags.
lose your rag become angry, lose it (informal), fly into a rage, lose your temper, blow a fuse, fly off the handle, throw a wobbly (informal), hit the ceiling, blow a gasket, blow your top, go crook (Austral. & N.Z. slang), blow your stack I've only once seen him lose his rag.
rag
2verb
noun
1. fundraising event, charity event, charitable event It all feels like a rag week that went on for a few years too long.
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rag 1
nounTorn and ragged clothing.Used in plural:
tatter (used in plural).
rag 2
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Translations
خَرْقَةخِرْقَه
hadrhadryotrhanec
klud
riepu
krpa
tuska
ぼろきれ
헝겊 조각
atspuręsnelygumasnuplyšęsskarmalaiskarmalas
lupataskranda
krparazcapan
trasa
ผ้าขี้ริ้ว
giẻ rách
rag
1 [ræg]A. N
1. (= piece of cloth) → trapo m rags (= old clothes) → harapos mpl, trapos mpl viejos
to be in rags → andar or estar en harapos
dressed in rags → cubierto de harapos
from rags to riches → de pobre a rico
to feel like a wet rag → estar hecho un trapo
to put on one's glad rags → vestirse de domingo
to chew the rag (US) (= chat) → charlar, pasar el rato; (= argue) → discutir
it's like a red rag to a bull → no hay nada que más le enfurezca
to lose one's rag (Brit) → perder los estribos
to be in rags → andar or estar en harapos
dressed in rags → cubierto de harapos
from rags to riches → de pobre a rico
to feel like a wet rag → estar hecho un trapo
to put on one's glad rags → vestirse de domingo
to chew the rag (US) (= chat) → charlar, pasar el rato; (= argue) → discutir
it's like a red rag to a bull → no hay nada que más le enfurezca
to lose one's rag (Brit) → perder los estribos
2. (= newspaper) → periodicucho m, periódico m de mala muerte
rag
2 [ræg]B. VT (= tease) → tomar el pelo a
they were ragging him about his new tie → le estaban tomando el pelo con la corbata nueva
they were ragging him about his new tie → le estaban tomando el pelo con la corbata nueva
D. CPD rag week N → semana f de funciones benéficas (estudiantiles)
RAG WEEK
Los universitarios británicos suelen organizar cada año lo que llaman rag week. Es costumbre que, durante esa semana, los estudiantes se disfracen y salgan así vestidos a la calle, pidiendo dinero a los transeúntes con el fin de recaudar fondos para fines benéficos.
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rag
[ˈræg]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rag
:rag-and-bone man
n (Brit) → Lumpenhändler m, → Lumpensammler m
ragbag
rag doll
n → Flickenpuppe f
rag
:rag rug
n → Flickenteppich m
ragtag and bobtail
ragtime
n → Ragtime m
rag trade
n (inf) → Kleiderbranche f
ragweed
n (Bot) → beifußblättrige Ambrosia
ragwort
n (Bot) → Jakobskraut nt
rag
1n
→ Lumpen m, → Fetzen m; (for cleaning) → Lappen m, → Lumpen m; (for paper) → Lumpen pl, → Hadern pl; (inf: = shirt, dress) → Fetzen m (inf); rags → Lumpen pl; (inf: = clothes) → Klamotten pl (inf); in rags → zerlumpt, abgerissen; rags and tatters → abgerissene Lumpen pl; to go from rags to riches (by luck) → vom armen Schlucker zum reichen Mann/zur reichen Frau werden; (by work) → vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär werden; to feel like a wet rag (inf) → total ausgelaugt sein (inf); to lose one’s rag (inf) → in die Luft gehen (inf) ? red rag
(pej inf: = newspaper) → Käseblatt nt
rag
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rag
1 [ræg] na. (piece of cloth) → straccio, cencio rags npl (old clothes) → stracci mpl
in rags → stracciato/a
dressed in rags → vestito/a di stracci
to feel like a wet rag (fam) → sentirsi uno straccio
in rags → stracciato/a
dressed in rags → vestito/a di stracci
to feel like a wet rag (fam) → sentirsi uno straccio
b. (fam) (newspaper) → giornalaccio
rag
2 [ræg]1. n (practical joke) → scherzo (Univ) (events) festa studentesca a scopo di beneficenza
2. vt (Brit) (old) (tease) → prendere in giro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rag
(rӕg) noun a piece of old, torn or worn cloth. I'll polish my bike with this old rag.
ˈragged (ˈrӕgid) adjective1. dressed in old, worn or torn clothing. a ragged beggar.
2. torn. ragged clothes.
3. rough or uneven; not straight or smooth. a ragged edge.
ˈraggedly adverbˈraggedness noun
rags noun plural
old, worn or torn clothes. The beggar was dressed in rags.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
rag
→ خَرْقَة hadr klud Fetzen κουρέλι trapo riepu guenille krpa straccio ぼろきれ 헝겊 조각 vod fille szmata trapo ковер trasa ผ้าขี้ริ้ว çaput giẻ rách 抹布Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009