Rag

Noun

 * 1) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
 * 2) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
 * 3) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
 * 4) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
 * 5) A ragged edge.
 * 6) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
 * 7) A piece of ragtime music.
 * The song Maple Leaf Rag has a pleasant, bouncy tune.
 * 1)  A newspaper, magazine.
 * 2)  A card that appears to help no one.
 * 3)  A low card
 * 4)  A prank or practical joke.

Quotations
a coarse kind of rock
 * 2003, the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stome — pebble stone, flint and rag stone. — Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, 2003, page 1.

Derived terms

 * on the rag

Verb

 * 1) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
 * 2)  To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
 * 3)  To haze, use physical violence in school setting.

Derived terms

 * rag the puck
 * rag on

Thesaurus
abuse, acid rock, act drop, afterglow, afterimage, andante tempo, apparel, array, asbestos, asbestos board, attire, avant-garde jazz, backdrop, balance, ballroom music, banter, bark at, baste, batten, bawl out, beat, bebop, bedizenment, berate, betongue, blacken, boltrope, bones, boogie-woogie, bop, border, butt, butt end, candle ends, canvas, carpet, chaff, chew, chew out, clew, cloth, clothes, clothing, compound time, costume, coulisse, counterweight, country rock, cringle, crowd of sail, culm, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, daily, daily newspaper, dance music, dances, deadwood, debris, decor, deride, detritus, dishwater, draff, drapery, dregs, dress, dressing, drop, drop curtain, duds, duple time, dust, earing, end, etoffe, execrate, extra, extra edition, fabric, fag end, fashion, fatigues, feathers, felt, fig, filings, fire curtain, flat, flipper, folk rock, fool, foot, fore-and-aft sail, fossil, frock, fulminate against, fun, garb, garbage, garment, garments, gash, gazette, gear, goods, gown, grin at, guise, habiliment, habit, hanging, hard rock, haze, head, hogwash, hold in derision, holdover, hot jazz, husks, investiture, investment, jape, jaw, jazz, jest, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, lace, largo, laugh at, laugh to scorn, leavings, leech, lees, leftovers, linen, load with reproaches, luff, mainstream jazz, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, march tempo, material, mixed times, musical suite, muslin, napery, national newspaper, needle, neighborhood newspaper, news, newspaper, newspaper of record, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, old clothes, orts, pan, paper, parings, pillory, plain sail, play jazz, point at, poke fun at, potsherds, press of sail, presto, put on, put one on, rags, ragtime, rail, rail at, raiment, rally, rant, raspings, rate, rave against, razz, reduced sail, reef point, reefed sail, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, revile, rhythm-and-blues, rib, ride, ridicule, roach, roast, robe, robes, rock, rock-and-roll, rubato, rubbish, ruins, rump, sail, sawdust, scene, scenery, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, screen, scum, sextuple time, shadow, shards, shavings, sheet, side scene, silk, simple time, slack, slag, slop, slops, smile at, snicker at, snigger at, special, special edition, sportswear, square sail, stage screw, straw, stubble, stuff, stump, style, suite, suite of dances, survival, sweepings, swill, swing, syncopate, syncopated music, syncopation, syncope, tab, tableau, tabloid, tares, tatters, tease, teaser, tempo, tempo rubato, textile, textile fabric, texture, the new music, threads, three-quarter time, thunder against, time, time pattern, timing, tissu, tissue, togs, toilette, tongue-lash, tormentor, trace, transformation, transformation scene, trim, triple time, triplet, twit, two-four time, vestige, vestment, vesture, vilify, vituperate, waltz time, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, wear, wearing apparel, weave, web, weeds, weekly, weekly newspaper, weft, wing, wingcut, woodcut, woof, wool, yell at, yelp at

Etymology

 * ragge, from ragg, from  rǫgg tuft, shagginess - ca. 14th century. Compare to Ancient Greek ράκος (rakos) meaning "rag".
 * 7 - Short for ragtime - ca. 1897

Noun

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Verb

 * Finnish: naljailla
 * German: Unfug treiben


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Anagrams

 * gar

Preposition
rag


 * 1) before

Noun

 * 1) Spider web.

Synonyms

 * spinrag
 * spinneweb, web

Derived terms

 * ragfijn

Noun

 * 1) A piece of ragtime music.

Etymology 2
From rag.

Noun

 * 1)  suffix, affix, case ending

Adjective

 * 1) stiff, rigid, inflexible
 * 2) stubborn, obstinate