| rag | |
| 1. n. (in the plural) Tattered clothes. | |
| 2. n. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter. | |
| 3. n. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. | |
| 4. n. A ragged edge in metalworking. | |
| 5. n. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A newspaper, magazine. | |
| 7. n. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.Weisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. (ISBN, 978-1880069523) | |
| I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To become tattered. | |
| 9. n. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone. | |
| 10. v. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. | |
| 11. v. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. | |
| 12. v. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter. | |
| 13. v. (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner. | |
| 14. v. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze. | |
| 15. n. (dated) A prank or practical joke. | |
| 16. n. (Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising. | |
| 17. n. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. | |
| 18. n. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. | |
| 19. v. (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music. | |
| 21. v. (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed. | |
