1
: any of various hard rocks
2
: a large roofing slate that is rough on one side
: a composition in ragtime
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- book
- bulletin
- diurnal
- gazette
- journal
- mag
- magazine
- newspaper
- organ
- paper
- periodical
- review
- serial
- zine
Verb
- baste
- bawl out
- berate
- call down
- castigate
- chastise
- chew out
- dress down
- flay
- hammer
- jaw
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lambast
- lecture
- rail (at or against)
- rant (at)
- rate
- ream (out)
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproach
- scold
- score
- tongue-lash
- upbraid
Noun (3)
Examples of rag in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the local rag publishes more gossip than news
the girls showed up at the prom wearing their most elegant rags
Verb
several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses
Noun (3)
a collegiate rag that nearly got him sent down from Oxford
Recent Examples on the Web
Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Schwimmer aligned with the Haganah, the Jewish underground paramilitary, and put together a rag tag group of WWII vets who defied an American embargo to smuggle 125 military planes and more than 50,000 weapons to Palestine.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
People who bite or pick their nails may have short, uneven nails, missing or ragged cuticles, and injured nail folds.10
Environmental Factors
Some research shows your environment may influence nail growth.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
In the summer of 2000, Katie was 28 years old and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working for a little rag named Outside Magazine.
—Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Schwimmer aligned with the Haganah, the Jewish underground paramilitary, and put together a rag tag group of WWII vets who defied an American embargo to smuggle 125 military planes and more than 50,000 weapons to Palestine.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
Dip a sponge, cloth, or rag into either solution and wipe down the fence to remove debris and stains.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
People who bite or pick their nails may have short, uneven nails, missing or ragged cuticles, and injured nail folds.10
Environmental Factors
Some research shows your environment may influence nail growth.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Rag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rag. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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rag
3 of 3 noun
: a composition in ragtime
Etymology
Verb
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