The Meaning of rag

• (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
• (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
• (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
• (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
• (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
• (n.) A ragged edge.
• (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
• (v. i.) To become tattered.
• (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
• (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Synonyms

shred , tag , tag end , tatter , rag week , ragtime , tabloid , sheet , torment , bedevil , crucify , dun , frustrate , annoy , get to , bother , get at , irritate , rile , nark , nettle , gravel , vex , chafe , devil , tease , razz , cod , tantalize , tantalise , bait , taunt , twit , rally , ride , call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , trounce , reproof , lecture , reprimand , jaw , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , remonstrate , chew out , chew up , have words , lambaste , lambast

Homophones

wragg

Rhymes

ag , bag , bagg , bagge , blagg , brag , bragg , bundestag , clagg , codag , cragg , dag , drag , fag , fagg , flag , flagg , gag , gragg , greylag , hag , hagg , hagge , handbag , kragh , lag , mag , mailbag , montag , nag , plagge , ragtag , reflag , saddlebag , sag , sandbag , schlag , schrag , scrag , scragg , shag , slag , snag , sontag , sprag , spragg , stag , stagg , tag , tagg , tagge , wag , wagg , wragg , zag , zig-zag