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rag
1 [rag]
–noun
—Idioms| 1. | a worthless piece of cloth, esp. one that is torn or worn. |
| 2. | rags, ragged or tattered clothing: The tramp was dressed in rags. |
| 3. | any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly or self-deprecatingly, esp. a dress: It's just an old rag I had in the closet. |
| 4. | a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything. |
| 5. | Informal.
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| 6. | a person of shabby or exhausted appearance. |
| 7. | a large roofing slate that has one edge untrimmed. |
| 8. | chew the rag. chew (def. 11). |
| 9. | from rags to riches, from extreme poverty to great wealth: He went from rags to riches in only three years. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME ragge < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw ragg coarse hair < ON rǫgg
1275–1325; ME ragge < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw ragg coarse hair < ON rǫgg

rag
2 [rag]
verb, ragged, rag⋅ging, noun Informal.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to scold. |
| 2. | to subject to a teasing, esp. in an intense or prolonged way (often fol. by on): Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut. |
| 3. | British. to torment with jokes; play crude practical jokes on. |
–noun
| 4. | British. an act of ragging. |
Origin:
1790–1800; orig. uncert.
1790–1800; orig. uncert.

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rag 2 (rāg) tr.v. ragged, rag·ging, rags
A practical joke; a prank. [Origin unknown.] |
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