rag
/ræɡ/
adjective
- Made of or resembling rags; tattered.
- The rag doll had button eyes and yarn hair.
- He wore a rag coat that was patched in many places.
- The old rag curtain let in slivers of light.
verb
- To tease or playfully annoy someone.
- They ragged him for being late to practice.
- Stop ragging your sister; she's trying to study.
- The kids ragged their friend about his new haircut.
- To perform a piece of music in ragtime style.
- The band ragged the melody, giving it a lively, jazzy feel.
- He loves to rag classic songs on the piano.
- The pianist ragged the old tune with a syncopated beat.
Synonyms
noun
- A piece of old, torn, or worn cloth, often used for cleaning.
- He used an old rag to polish his shoes.
- She wiped the counter with a damp rag.
- The mechanic grabbed a rag to clean the grease off his hands.
- Old or torn clothing (plural: rags).
- She sorted through the rags to find something to use for a costume.
- The beggar was dressed in rags.
- The charity collects old rags to recycle into new fabric.
- A newspaper or magazine, especially one considered to be of low quality.
- He only reads the local rag for the sports section.
- She wouldn't be caught dead reading that cheap rag.
- That gossip rag is full of made-up stories.