Dictionary Entry
rag
rag is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
- 2noun
A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
- 3noun
Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
- 4noun
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- 5noun
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
- 6noun
A ragged edge.
- 7noun
A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- 8intransitive verb
To become tattered.
- 9transitive verb
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- 10transitive verb
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- 11noun
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- 12noun
a small piece of cloth or paper
- 13noun
newspaper with half-size pages
- 14noun
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Synonyms
- 15noun
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- 16verb
break into lumps before sorting
"rag ore"
- 17verb
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
- 18verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"
"Don't ride me so hard over my failure"
- 19verb
play in ragtime
"rag that old tune"
- 20verb
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"
- 21verb
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
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