[
US
/ˈɹæɡ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈæɡ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈæɡ/ ]
VERB
-
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
The children teased the new teacher -
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me -
play in ragtime
rag that old tune -
treat cruelly
The children tormented the stuttering teacher -
censure severely or angrily
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup -
break into lumps before sorting
rag ore
NOUN
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- newspaper with half-size pages
- a small piece of cloth or paper
How To Use rag In A Sentence
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
- She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.
- Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
- A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
- He came back hours later clothes ragged, an excited look on his face.
- The series ended with a battle between a door car and a dragster.
- Epsom showed a great deal of heart considering their lowly league position but there are days when courage counts for naught and this was one of them.
- Thell Torrence's name may not be familiar to the average fight fan but he, along with a couple of others, is the premier teacher of the manly art in the USA.