- rag⇄adj. made from rags.
Ex. a rag rug, rag paper. - rag⇄expr. chew the rag, (Slang.) to talk at length; chat.
Ex. The way as that Sam chewed the rag was just jammy (Punch). - rag⇄expr. rags,
a. tattered or worn-out clothes; tatters.
Ex. The base degree to which I now am fallen, These rags, this grinding ... (Milton).
b. (Slang.) clothing.
Ex. I stood up and shook my rags off and jumped into the river (Ma - rag⇄noun 1. a torn or waste piece of cloth.
Ex. Use a clean rag to rub this mirror bright.
2. a small piece of cloth.
Ex. We used part of an old shirt as a polishing rag.
3. a small piece of anything of no value.
4. a shred, - rag⇄noun 1. the act of ragging.
2. (Especially British.) a boisterous public demonstration. - rag⇄rag (1), noun, adjective, verb, ragged,ragging.
- rag⇄rag (2), verb, ragged,ragging,noun.
(Slang.) - rag⇄rag (3), noun.
1. a large roofing slate.
2. any one of various coarse rocks used in building.
Ex. Of shale and hornblende, rag and trap and tuff (Tennyson). - rag⇄v.i. 1. to become ragged.
2. (U.S. Slang.) to dress in fine clothes. - rag⇄v.t. to make ragged.
- rag⇄v.t. 1. to scold.
2. to play jokes on or make fun of; tease.
Ex. In a series of rough charades it rags with slapstick humour an oaf who tries to rise in society by a bourgeois marriage (Punch). I remember some kids were ragging me and they t