rag
noun
1. a small piece of cloth or paper
Similar word(s): shred, tag, tatter
Definition categories: man–made
2. a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Definition categories: time, hebdomad, week
3. music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Similar word(s): ragtime
Definition categories: communication
4. newspaper with half-size pages
Similar word(s): sheet, tabloid
Definition categories: communication, newspaper, paper
5. a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
Definition categories: act
verb
1. treat cruelly
Similar word(s): bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment
Definition categories: emotion, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Similar word(s): annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex
Definition categories: emotion, displease
3. play in ragtime
- rag that old tune
Definition categories: creation, play, spiel
4. harass with persistent criticism or carping
Similar word(s): bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
Definition categories: communication, bemock, mock
5. censure severely or angrily
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
Similar word(s): berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, trounce
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock
6. break into lumps before sorting
- rag ore
Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize