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Definition of to rag in English English dictionary: A newspaper, magazine; A prank or practical joke; A sail, or any piece of canvas; To haze, use physical violence in school setting; A low card; A card that appears to help no one; A piece of ragtime music
The song Maple Leaf Rag has a pleasant, bouncy tune.; To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter; To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner; rag; The term “rag” is often used interchangeably with “cotton fiber content” and harkens to a period of time when paper was actually made using cotton rags which were cleaned and then broken down into fibers which were then used to manufacture paper In a sense it could be stated that the fine paper business has been engaged in recycling materials for production since its very beginning Today paper is no longer made from rags and the term “rag” is falling in disfavor by the industry in lieu of the phrase “cotton fiber content”; treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"; a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities; Formerly the principal raw material used in the making process; often meaning cotton rags Rag content describes the amount of cotton fiber relative to the total amount of material used in the pulp "Rag content" is not widely used (or is a misnomer) today as more and more high quality paper is made not from rag but from linters; play in ragtime; "rag that old tune; A ragged edge; regimental artillery group; {i} old cloth, scrap of fabric; piece of ragtime music; disapproval People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it. `This man Tom works for a local rag,' he said. see also ragged; A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things. He was wiping his hands on an oily rag; play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"; A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; If you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry. This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies. A piece written in ragtime. ragged ragging to laugh at someone or play tricks on them = tease; To break (ore) into lumps for sorting; a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) a small piece of cloth or paper a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"; in syncopated time; A tune or the series of five or more notes upon which it is based; To play or compose a piece, melody, etc; You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor. His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that; To dance to ragtime music, esp; To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone; 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"; a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students); 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"; A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin; Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress; To become tattered; newspaper with half-size pages; Describes a margin that isn't flush Rag right means the right margin isn't flush Rag left means the left margin isn't flush The expression "flush left/rag right" is sometimes used to describe type that is *quadded left; {f} tease, mock, poke fun at; play practical jokes, play pranks; music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano); A card, usually a low card, that, when it appears, has no apparent impact on the hand A flop of 7 4 2 is a rag flop - few playable hands match the flop well If the table shows QJT9, all of spades, a 2h on the river is a rag I didn't think anyone could've hit the flop when it came all rags; 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"; Slang for the House Curtain; a small piece of cloth or paper; A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment; Rags are old torn clothes. There were men, women and small children, some dressed in rags; in some manner considered indecorous; The irregularity along the left or right edge of a column of text; break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"; Abehnuq; Radiocommunications Advisory Group An ITU body established to review priorities, programs, operations and strategies related to radiocommunication assemblies, study groups and preparation for radiocommunication conferences

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tı räg

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/tə ˈrag/ /tə ˈræɡ/

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