rag
noun
1 rag
A small piece of cloth or paper.
synonyms: shred, tag, tag end, tatter.
Dutch: klodde, lap, lompen, lor, tod, vod
Polish: szmata
2 rag
A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities.
synonym: rag week.
3 rag
Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
synonym: ragtime.
Dutch: ragtime
Polish: ragtime
4 rag
Newspaper with half-size pages.
synonyms: sheet, tabloid.
Dutch: sensatieblad, sensatiekrant, schandaalblad, boulevardblad, boulevardkrant, roddelkrant, roddelblad, tabloid
Polish: tabloid, bulwarówka
5 rag
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students).
verb
1 rag
2 rag
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex ... show more.
Dutch: storen, ergeren, donderen, donderjagen, donderstenen, donderstralen, du(i)veljagen, duvelen, duveljagen, etteren, gallen, irriteren, klieren, klooien, kloothannesen, kloten, lazerstralen, rotzooien, sodemieteren, vervelen ... show more
3 rag
4 rag
Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
synonyms: bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit.
Dutch: martelen, hekelen, mienen, narren, sarren, tergen, treiteren, zuigen
5 rag
Censure severely or angrily:
— The deputy ragged the Prime Minister.
synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce ... show more.
Dutch: schelden, op het matje roepen, berispen, aanrekenen, aantijgen, aanwrijven, imputeren, inwrijven, nadragen, verwijten
6 rag
Break into lumps before sorting.
adverb
Roget 31:
truly
etc.
(truth)
494
[in a positive degree];
decidedly,
unequivocally,
purely,
absolutely,
seriously,
essentially,
fundamentally,
radically,
downright,
in all conscience;
for the most part,
in the main.
[in a complete degree]
entirely
etc.
(completely)
52;
abundantly
etc.
(sufficiently)
639;
widely,
far and wide.
[in a great or high degree]
greatly
etc.
adj.;
much,
muckle†,
well,
indeed,
very,
very much,
a deal,
no end of,
most,
not a little;
pretty,
pretty well;
enough,
in a great measure,
richly;
to a large extent,
to a great extent,
to a gigantic extent;
on a large scale;
so;
never so,
ever so;
ever so dole;
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag,
much;
by wholesale;
mighty,
powerfully;
with a witness,
ultra [Lat.],
in the extreme,
extremely,
exceedingly,
intensely,
exquisitely,
acutely,
indefinitely,
immeasurably;
beyond compare,
beyond comparison,
beyond measure,
beyond all bounds;
incalculably,
infinitely.
[in a supreme degree]
preeminently,
superlatively
etc.
(superiority)
33.
[in a too great degree]
immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly,
excessively,
enormously,
out of all proportion,
with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree]
particularly,
remarkably,
singularly,
curiously,
uncommonly,
unusually,
peculiarly,
notably,
signally,
strikingly,
pointedly,
mainly,
chiefly;
famously,
egregiously,
prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically,
kat exochin [Gr.],
strangely,
wonderfully,
amazingly,
surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree]
peculiarly
etc.
(unconformity)
83.
[in a violent degree]
furiously
etc.
(violence)
173;
severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly,
confoundedly,
deucedly,
devilishly,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.].
[in a painful degree]
painfully,
sadly,
grossly,
sorely,
bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably,
cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly.
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