rag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for rag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rag n a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter] a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Synonym(s): rag, rag week music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) Synonym(s): ragtime, rag newspaper with half-size pages Synonym(s): tabloid, rag, sheet a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) v treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonym(s): torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate 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" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil play in ragtime; "rag that old tune" 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" Synonym(s): tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride 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" Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. t. 1. (Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. [Colloq.] 2. To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. t. 1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. 2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. r[91]gja to calumniate, OHG, ruogen to accuse, G. r[81]gen to censure, AS. wr[emac]gan, Goth. wr[omac]hjan to accuse.] To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r[94]gg rough hair. Cf. {Rug}, n.] 1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller. 2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. --Dryden. 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture. 5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge. 6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang] Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell. {Rag bolt}, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in place. {Rag carpet}, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow of cloth sewed together, end to end. {Rag dust}, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach[82] and wall papers. {Rag wheel}. (a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel. (b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped together on a mandrel. {Rag wool}, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ragging}.] To become tattered. [Obs.]