rag

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rag

1	n	a small piece of cloth or paper
2	v n	treat cruelly a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
3	n v	music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) play in ragtime
4	v	break into lumps before sorting
5	n	a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rag

Types:: pine-tar rag
baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip

Type of:: piece of cloth, piece of material
a separate part consisting of fabric

Type of:: newspaper, paper
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; madden
drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves; hamstring
make ineffective or powerless; badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease
annoy persistently; oppress, persecute
cause to suffer; purge
oust politically

Type of:: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
annoy continually or chronically

“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, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce

Types:: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate
censure severely; brush down, tell off
reprimand; flame
criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium

Type of:: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

Synonyms:: bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit

Types:: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff
laugh at with contempt and derision; banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid
be silly or tease one another

Synonyms:: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; get, get under one's skin
irritate; eat into, fret, grate, rankle
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; peeve
cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful; ruffle
trouble or vex; fret
cause annoyance in; beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
annoy continually or chronically; antagonise, antagonize
provoke the hostility of; goad, needle
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment
treat cruelly; haze
harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

Type of:: practical joke
a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)

“rag that old tune”

“rag ore”

Type of:: break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
break or cause to break into pieces

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