Rags

n. shreds of fabric, old scraps of cloth

n. old cloth, scrap of fabric; piece of ragtime music

v. tease, mock, poke fun at; play practical jokes, play pranks

RAG may refer to:University RAG society — Student-run  charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom (and elsewhere).Real Academia GalegaRAG Rating for issues or status reports, based on the Red Amber Green colors in traffic lights. Repertorium Academicum GermanicumReplacement Air Group, an outdated term for a Naval Aviation squadron that trains replacement pilots in fleet aircraft and tactis. See FRS.Resource allocation graphRocket Antitank GrenadeRAG-1 or RAG-2, two subunits of the Recombination Activating Gene, which is involved in V(D)J recombination.RAG Aktiengesellschaft (former Ruhrkohle AG), an international coal mining group based in Essen, Germany (energy, chemical and real estate divisions were spun off to Evonik Industries)Ruhrpott AG, a German hip hop group
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Rag or rags may refer to:Rag. a title (see Italian honorifics) for people holding high school degrees in business economics.Rag (student society), a student fundraising charitable groupRags (musical), a Broadway musicalRags (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novelA piece of ragtime music Recombination activating gene, encode enzymes involved in VDJ recombinationRag (typography), the ragged edge of a block of textRags and Leathers Program, A YMCA camp program.Rags (dog) - 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I.Rags (Spin City) - the dog from Spin City television show.NewspaperA piece of textile
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Noun
1. a small piece of cloth or paper
(synonym) shred, tag, tag end, tatter
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) pine-tar rag
2. a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
(synonym) rag week
(hypernym) week, hebdomad
(part-meronym) rag day
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
(synonym) ragtime
(hypernym) dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
4. newspaper with half-size pages
(synonym) tabloid, sheet
(hypernym) newspaper, paper
5. a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
(hypernym) practical joke
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Verb
1. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
(synonym) torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
(hypernym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(hyponym) madden
2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
(synonym) annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(hypernym) displease
(hyponym) get, get under one's skin
(verb-group) chafe
3. play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
(hypernym) play, spiel
(derivation) ragtime
(classification) music
4. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
(synonym) tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
(hypernym) mock, bemock
(hyponym) jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
5. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
(synonym) call on the carpet, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
6. break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(classification) mining, excavation

n. ragtime, variety of American jazz music written in 2/4 time and characterized by syncopated rhythms

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