English dictionary

rag

/r/&/g/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a small piece of cloth or paper

noun.artifact

Synonyms shred tag tag end tatter

Source: WordNet 3.0
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

noun.time

Synonyms rag week

Source: WordNet 3.0
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

noun.communication

Synonyms ragtime

Source: WordNet 3.0
newspaper with half-size pages

noun.communication

Synonyms sheet tabloid

Source: WordNet 3.0
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.

noun

Source: webster1913

treat cruelly

verb.emotion

Synonyms bedevil crucify dun frustrate torment

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

verb.emotion

Synonyms annoy bother chafe devil get at get to gravel irritate nark nettle rile vex

Source: WordNet 3.0
play in ragtime

verb.creation

Examples
Rag that old tune.

Source: WordNet 3.0
harass with persistent criticism or carping

verb.communication

Synonyms bait cod rally razz ride tantalise tantalize taunt tease twit

Source: WordNet 3.0
censure severely or angrily

verb.communication

Examples
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister.

Synonyms bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold

Source: WordNet 3.0
break into lumps before sorting

verb.change

Examples
Rag ore.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become tattered.

verb

Source: webster1913
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

verb

Source: webster1913
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.

verb

Source: webster1913