rag

Speech parts

1. rag - Noun

2. rag - Verb

3. Rag - Proper noun

Meaning

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.

Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.

A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.

A ragged edge.

A sail, or any piece of canvas.

To become tattered.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

twit razz tantalize sheet ride rally jaw bait taunt rebuke reprimand shred tease annoy scold

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Antonyms

encourage acclaim comfort charm admire cheer

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Hypernyms

chevy harry play paper plague week

Hyponyms

madden badger chevy jolly harry josh

Phrases with the word

a red rag to a bull chewed the rag rag tag and bobtail chewing the rag on the rag in rag order

Derivatives

ragged ragging

Examples

My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known. William Butler Yeats

For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters. Benito Mussolini

Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus. Anne Lamott

By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric. Corsican Proverb

A rag and a bone and a hank of hair. English Proverb

Like a red rag to a bull. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rafty rafugar rafute Rag and Famish rag bagger rag bond