1. a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
2. ragged or tattered clothing: The tramp was dressed in rags.
3. any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly or self-deprecatingly, especially a dress: It's just an old rag I had in the closet.
4. a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything.
5. Informal.
• something of very low value or in very poor condition.
• a newspaper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste: Are you still subscribing to that rag?
6. a person of shabby or exhausted appearance.
7. a large roofing slate that has one edge untrimmed.

8. chew (def. 11).
9. from extreme poverty to great wealth: He went from rags to riches in only three years.

1. to subject a person to teasing or scolding, especially in an intense or prolonged way (usually followed by on): Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut.
2. to criticize a person or thing (usually followed by on): He rags and whines to me instead of fixing the problem.I wish reviewers would stop ragging on the movie.

3. to subject to teasing or scolding, especially in an intense or prolonged way: He was ragged at school for not joining a sports team.
4. to criticize.
5. to torment with jokes; play crude practical jokes on.

6. an act of ragging; a cruel or crude practical joke.

1. to break up (lumps of ore) for sorting.

1. a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.

2. to play (music) in ragtime.

• a small piece of cloth, such as one torn from a discarded garment, or such pieces of cloth collectively
• (as modifier)
2. a fragmentary piece of any material; scrap; shred
3. a newspaper or other journal, esp one considered as worthless, sensational, etc
4. an item of clothing
5. a handkerchief
6. a flag or ensign
7. to lose one's temper suddenly

1. to draw attention facetiously and persistently to the shortcomings or alleged shortcomings of (a person)
2. to play rough practical jokes on

3. a boisterous practical joke, esp one on a fellow student
4. (in British universities)
• a period, usually a week, in which various events are organized to raise money for charity, including a procession of decorated floats and tableaux
• (as modifier)

1. a piece of ragtime music

2. to compose or perform in ragtime

1. a roofing slate that is rough on one side

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