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    [Noun]  | "rag" | \ ˈrag \


    1: a waste piece of cloth

    2: clothes usually in poor or ragged condition

    3: clothing

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English ragge, from Old English *ragg, from Old Norse rǫgg tuft, shagginess;

    [Noun]  | "rag" 


    1: any of various hard rocks

    2: a large roofing slate that is rough on one side

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English ragge;

    [Noun]  | "rag" 


    1: an outburst of boisterous fun; also : prank

    Origin: 1825 ;

    [Noun]  | "rag" 


    1: a composition in ragtime

    Origin: 1881 ;

     Short for ragtime;

    [Noun]  | "do-rag" | \ ˈdü-ˌrag \


    1: a close-fitting, typically stretchable piece of cloth that is worn on the head (as to hold a hairstyle in place) and that usually has long ends which are tied in the back; also : a bandanna or similar cloth worn tied around the head

    Origin: 1968 ;

     {see: |do:2|do:2} (hairdo);

    [Verb]  | "rag" 


    1: to rail at : scold

    2: torment, tease

    Origin: 1739 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Plural noun]  | "glad rags" 


    1: dressy clothes

    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Idiom]  | "from rags to riches" 


    1: from a state of having very little money to a state of having a lot of money

    [Noun]  | "rags" 


    1: covering for the human body;


      * e.g., " ... the girls showed up at the prom wearing their most elegant rags "



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    [Noun]  | "rag" 


    1: a publication that appears at regular intervals;


      * e.g., " ... the local rag publishes more gossip than news "



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    2: covering for the human body;


      * e.g., " ... the girls showed up at the prom wearing their most elegant rags "



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    [Noun]  | "rag" 


    1: a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke;


      * e.g., " ... a collegiate rag that nearly got him sent down from Oxford "



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    [Noun]  | "do-rags" 


    1: a scarf worn on the head;


      * e.g., " ... he wore a do-rag while working out at the gym "



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    [Noun]  | "do-rag" 


    1: a scarf worn on the head;


      * e.g., " ... he wore a do-rag while working out at the gym "



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    [Verb]  | "rags" 


    1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


      * e.g., " ... several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses "



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    [Verb]  | "rag" 


    1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


      * e.g., " ... several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses "



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    [Phrase]  | "rags on" 


    1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;


      * e.g., " ... His teammates ragged on him for missing such an easy shot. "



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    [Phrase]  | "rag on" 


    1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;


      * e.g., " ... His teammates ragged on him for missing such an easy shot. "



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    [Plural noun]  | "glad rags" 


    1: dressy clothing;


      * e.g., " ... a trendy designer fashioning glad rags for the beautiful people "



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