Found 3 items, similar to Rag.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rag kain lap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rag rag n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: shred, tag, tag end , tatter] 2: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities [syn: rag week] 3: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn: ragtime] 4: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: tabloid, sheet] 5: a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) [also: ragging, ragged] rag v 1: treat cruelly; “The children tormented the stuttering teacher” [syn: torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] 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” [syn: annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 3: play in ragtime; “rag that old tune” 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” [syn: tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 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” [syn: 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] 6: break into lumps before sorting; “rag ore” [also: ragging, ragged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rag Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), v. t. [Cf. Icel. r[ae]gja to calumniate, OHG. ruogen to accuse, G. r["u]gen to censure, AS. wr[=e]gan, Goth. wr[=o]hjan to accuse.] To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge. [1913 Webster] Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r["o]gg a tuft, shagginess, Sw. ragg rough hair. Cf. Rug, n.] 1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. [1913 Webster] Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. [1913 Webster] And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. [1913 Webster] The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture. [1913 Webster] 5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge. [1913 Webster] 6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang] [1913 Webster] Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] Rag bolt, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in place. Rag carpet, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow strips of cloth sewed together, end to end. Rag dust, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach['e] and wall papers. Rag wheel. (a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel. (b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped together on a mandrel. Rag wool, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy. [1913 Webster] Rag \Rag\, v. t. 1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. [1913 Webster] Rag \Rag\, v. t. 1. (Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged (r[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging (r[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] To become tattered. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]