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Meaning of rags

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rags

Pronunciation:/ɹæɡz/

noun

Definitions

  1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.

  2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.

  3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.

  4. A ragged edge in metalworking.

verb

Definitions

  1. To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.

  2. To become tattered.

noun

Definitions

  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

verb

Definitions

  1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

  2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

noun

Definitions

  1. A prank or practical joke.

  2. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

verb

Definitions

  1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.

  2. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.

  3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

noun

Definitions

  1. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.

  2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

verb

Definitions

  1. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.

  2. To dance to ragtime music.

  3. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.