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Rags

noun
/ɹæɡz/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.noun(in the plural) Tattered clothes.
2.nounA piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
3.nounA shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4.nounA ragged edge in metalworking.
5.nounA sail, or any piece of canvas.
6.nounA newspaper, magazine.
7.nounA poor, low-ranking kicker.
"I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag."
8.verbTo decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
9.verbTo become tattered.
10.nounA coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
11.verbTo break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
12.verbTo cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
13.nounA prank or practical joke.
14.nounA society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
15.verbTo scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
16.verbTo drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
17.verbTo tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
18.nounAn informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
19.nounA ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
20.verbTo play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
21.verbTo dance to ragtime music.
22.verbTo add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

Synonyms

tatterteaserileshredbedevilfrustrateirritatevexbawl outannoybotherchew out

Rhymes With

cragsflagstagsbagssagssnagsstagsshags
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