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Ragging

verb
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2.verbTo become tattered.
3.verbTo break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
4.verbTo cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
5.verbTo scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
6.verbTo drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
7.verbTo tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
8.verbTo play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
9.verbTo dance to ragtime music.
10.verbTo add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
11.nounThe act of one who rags or teases.
12.nounAn initiation in educational institutions (e.g. universities) usually involving harassment by upperclassmen.

Synonyms

hazingworntiredunevenrazzingribbingtauntingbraggingred ragragglegaggerybraggartry

Rhymes With

blaggingnaggingshaggingflaggingunflaggingsaggingsandbaggingfagging
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