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RagNoun1. A small piece of cloth. 2. (British) a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities. 3. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano). 4. Newspaper with half-size pages. 5. (British) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students). Verb1. Annoy constantly. 2. Cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves". 3. Play in ragtime, as of a musical piece. 4. Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie". 5. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic. 6. Break into lumps before sorting, as of ore. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rag" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Rag \Rag\, noun. [Old English ragge, probably of Scand, origin; compare to Icelandic r["o]gg rough hair. Compare to Rug, noun]. (references) |
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Literature | Rag A tatter, hence a remnant, hence a vagabond or ragamuffin. "Lash hence these overweening rags of France." Shakespeare: Richard III., v. 3. Rag. A cant term for a farthing. Paper money not easily convertible is called "rag-money." "Money by me? Heart and good-will you might, But surely, master, not a rag of money." Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, iv. 4. Rag (The). The Army and Navy Club. "The rag," of course, is the flag. " `By the way come and dine to-night at the Rag, said the major."- Truth, Queer Story, April 1, 1886. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. In British usage, any of various hard, coarse, rubbly, or shelly rocks that weather with a rough irregular surface; e.g. a flaggy sandstone or limestone used as a building stone. The term appears in certain British stratigraphic names, as the Kentish Rag (a Cretaceous sandy limestone in East Kent). Syn:ragstone b. Any of various hard rocks, as a quartzose mica schist used for whetstones or a hard limestone used in building c. A large roofing slate left rough on one side d. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting; to cut or dress roughly (as agrindstone) e.g. a flaggy sandstone or limestone used as a building stone. The term appears in certain British stratigraphic names, as the Kentish Rag (a Cretaceous sandy limestone in East Kent). Syn:ragstone b. Any of various hard rocks, as a quartzose mica schist used for whetstones or a hard limestone used in building. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | RAG. Bank notes. Money in general. The cove has no rag; the fellow has no money. RAG. A farthing. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This is an article about Ragtime music . For other uses of the word "Ragtime" see: Ragtime (disambiguation)Ragtime is an American musical genre, enjoying its peak popularity around the years 1900-1915. Ragtime was preceded by its close relative the Cakewalk, but the emergence of mature ragtime is usually dated to 1897, the year in which several important early rags were published. In 1899 Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag was published, which became a great hit and demonstrated more depth and sophistication than earlier ragtime. Ragtime is usually seen as one of the main precursors of jazz (along with the blues). Jazz largely surpassed ragtime in mainstream popularity in the early 1920s, although ragtime compositions continue to be written up to the present, and periodic revivals of popular interest in ragtime occurred in the 1950s and the 1970s.
Ragtime is mostly associated with the piano, but was and is also performed on other instruments, such as the guitar or banjo, or by groups of musicians.
Perhaps the principal characteristic of ragtime music is syncopation, with the melodic notes landing largely on the off-beats. On the piano the melody is usually played by the right hand, with shorter time values set against a steady quarter note bassline played by the left hand. It is this "Ragged time" that gives the genre its name.
Arguably the most sophisticated and famous, though by no means the only, ragtime composer was Scott Joplin. Joseph Lamb and James Scott are, together with Joplin, acknowledged as the three most sophisticated ragtime composers. Some rank Artie Matthews as belonging with this distinguished company. Other notable ragtime composers included May Aufderheide, Zez Confrey, Ben Harney, Charles L. Johnson, Lucky Roberts, Paul Sarebresole, Wilber Sweatman, and Tom Turpin. Modern ragtime composers include William Bolcom, David Thomas Roberts, and Trebor Tichenor.
See also: List of ragtime musicians
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ragtime."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RAG | English | Russian Aerospace Guide | N/A |
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Synonyms: RagSynonyms: ragtime (n), sheet (n), shred (n), tabloid (n), tag (n), tag end (n), tatter (n), annoy (v), bait (v), bawl out (v), bedevil (v), berate (v), bother (v), chafe (v), chew out (v), chew up (v), chide (v), cod (v), crucify (v), devil (v), dress down (v), dun (v), frustrate (v), get at (v), get to (v), gravel (v), have words (v), irritate (v), jaw (v), lambast (v), lambaste (v), lecture (v), nark (v), nettle (v), rally (v), razz (v), rebuke (v), remonstrate (v), reprimand (v), reproof (v), ride (v), rile (v), scold (v), tantalise (v), tantalize (v), taunt (v), tease (v), torment (v), trounce (v), twit (v), vex (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | All I've got to sleep on is a rag in the corner, you little rat (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Wait till the Antarctic night comes and for nine months the black air hangs round you like a rotten rag and your eyes are blinded from the dark and from your own sweat, and you lose each other - and you're alone - alone (The Land Unknown; writing credit: Charles Palmer; William N. Robson) I'm the new bartender over at the pub. Got my lighter, my rag, my empathy face (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Is this it priest, the popes new army, a few crusty bitches and a hand full of rag tags (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks) Does it seem every supply store on every border planet has the same five rag dolls and the same wood carvings of what is this, a duck (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) | |
Lyrics | It's called The Vatican Rag. (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) I keep a fresh do rag in his hair (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat) You wear a rag around your head and you (U.N.I.T.Y.; performing artist: Queen Latifah) God's little gift is on the rag (A Change (Would Do You Good); performing artist: Sheryl Crow) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Head Rag Hop (1970) The Rag Trade (1961) Rag Doll (1958) Glad Rag Doll (1929) The Rag Man (1925) | |
Song Titles | Tiger Rag (performing artist: Louis Armstrong) Bugle Call Rag (performing artist: The Glenn Miller Orchestra) Vatican Rag, The (performing artist: Tom Lehrer) Draft Dodger Rag (performing artist: Phil Ochs) Big Wet Rag (performing artist: Rockapella) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Rag. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rag Pickers Alley, San Francisco, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Neopolitan peasant, rag picker. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Parisian rag pickers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Parisan [i.e. Parisian] rag pickers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | House at Old Rag. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Postmaster Brown at Old Rag. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pupils at school making rag rugs. Lakeview Project, Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Burson & Marstellar at Fishman's, New Preston, Connecticut. Oil rag bin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Kitty food" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "This little bird fell out of it's nest about 2 days ago. It's mother is still feeding it so I have told my kids they can't rescue it. Every morning I expect it to have not survived the night. Today we spent about an hour chasing it around the neighborhood" |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It reconstructs the purple from the rag and the woman from the tatter |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They found the hole, dipped a rag in the gas tank and washed the tube around the hole |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- "Rubbish may be shot here." |
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| "Rag" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.39% of the time. "Rag" is used about 434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.39% | 414 | 13,664 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.07% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.15% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.15% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 434 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | RAG | USA | Rag Shops, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "rag": bit of rag ♦ carbonized rag fibre ♦ cheap rag ♦ chew the rag ♦ cook to a rag ♦ feel like a wet rag ♦ local rag ♦ lose one's rag ♦ nose rag ♦ on the rag ♦ rag bag ♦ rag bolt ♦ rag carpet ♦ rag day ♦ rag doll ♦ rag dust ♦ rag fair ♦ rag gourd ♦ rag paper ♦ rag picker's disease ♦ rag robin ♦ rag smb. ♦ rag sorter's disease ♦ rag tag and bobtail ♦ rag time ♦ rag trade ♦ rag wheel ♦ rag wool ♦ red rag ♦ Tag and rag ♦ two bit rag. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rag": RAG-1, rag-and-bone, rag-and-bone man, rag-and-bone-man, rag-arsed, rag-baby, rag-bag, rag-clouds, rag-covered, rag-curlers, rag-day, rag-doll, rag-dolls, rag-glad, rag-gourd, Rag-music, rag-outs, rag-pack, rag-pegged, rag-picker, rag-pickers, rag-pickers'disease, rag-rolled, rag-rolling, rag-shop, rag-sorter's, rag-tag, rag-tag-and-bobtail, rag-taggle, rag-time, rag-top, rag-wheel, rag-winged, rag-worted. | |
Ending with "rag": toe-rag. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rag | 745 | mountain old rag | 34 |
rag shop | 337 | make rag rug | 33 |
rag rug | 245 | rag quilt pattern | 32 |
rag doll | 178 | rag throw | 31 |
du rag | 160 | maple leaf rag | 28 |
doo rag | 149 | doo rag pattern | 27 |
mr rag | 148 | rag doll kitten | 25 |
quilt rag | 126 | building estate from rag real riches through wealth | 24 |
do rag | 118 | dirt rag | 23 |
rag doll cat | 116 | rag top | 23 |
rag to riches | 94 | old rag | 23 |
book rag | 91 | head rag | 21 |
dew rag | 78 | lyrics rag red top | 19 |
rag painting | 75 | free rag quilt pattern | 19 |
b b craft craft fabric fabric full line rag retailer shop | 64 | quilting rag | 18 |
rag red top | 54 | curl rag | 18 |
tiger rag | 52 | making a rag rug | 18 |
american rag | 51 | rag doll pattern | 18 |
e.zip rag setup | 44 | glad rag | 17 |
rag rolling | 43 | fair rag | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "rag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | flard (scrap). (various references) | |
Albanian | rreckë (tatter), zhele (cast of clothes, tatter), shaj (abuse, ballyrag, berate, bullyrag, call names, carpet, castigate, chastise, chide, come down on, curse, dish it out, dress down, flay, inveigh, jaw, lay into, objurgate, offend, rap, revile, scold, shake up, shout, shout at, swear, tell off, trounce, upbraid, vituperate), prej lecke, ngacmoj (annoy, badger, banter, bedevil, bother, chaff, chip, dare, excite, guy, harass, Harrow, Harry, irritate, jolly, molest, monkey, nag, nettle, provoke, rally, ruffle, tamper, tease), lecke, leckë (cloth, mop, rags, tatter, wiper), grimë (bit, dash, doit, drachm, dram, drop, fleck, hint, hoot, jiff, jiffy, jot, lick, mite, suspicion, tittle, touch, whit), dromcë (clot), copë (chunk, excerpt, fraction, fragment, fritter, hunk, knob, loaf, lump, mammock, morsel, nub, partition, piece, scrap, scrap metal, section, segment, shiver, shred, sliver, snip, snippet, splint, tatter). (various references) | |
Arabic | قصاصة ورق, شخص ضعيف في عقله ورايه, شخص تافه (bauble, black sheep, bugger, crumb, deformity, dog, insect, morsel, myrmidon, nitwit, peanut, pipsqueak, sprat, swab, toad, trash), راية (banner, color, colour, ensign, flag, maniple, standard, waft), ثياب رثة (thread), أسمال بالية (tatters), جريدة (daily, diary, newspaper, organ, paper), خرقة (cloth, duster, shred, tatter), شراع (canvas, cloth, course, film, knockabout, sail, sheet), ستارة (blind, curtain, drape, hanging, pelmet), فوطة طبية, قطعة قماش (cloth, cutting, piece of clothing), قطعة موسيقية (musical composition, musical work, musical writing, piece of music), هدار, مزح (banter, banting, chaff, fool, frolic, fun, in play, joke, kid, lark, make fun of, skylark, trifle, waggle), مزحة (banter, caper, frolic, game, jest, jocularity, joke, prank, raillery, romp, trick, waggery), مزقة (shred, tatter, torn piece), ملابس قديمة, ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grate, grill, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jar, jolt, molest, nag, persecute, pester, pick, rattle, saddle, torment). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отрепка (doormat, jetsam, scum, sewer rat, wretch, yellow dog), дрипа (tatter), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry), плочест варовик, парцал (clout, dishcloth, dishrag, duster, frazzle, tatter), парцален, погаждам лоша шега, погаждам номер (hocus), банкнота (bank note, bill, flimsy, greenback, note), лоша шега (practical joke), лудория (antic, caper, devilry, foolishness, gambade, gambado, lark, ploy, prank, romp, shine), задявам (molest, rally), долнопробен вестник, незначително количество (spat, trace), следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scar, scent, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, track, trail, train, trait, vestige, whiff), вехтория, груба шега (harlequinade, knockabout), карам се на (objurgate), шумно веселие (whoopee), театрална завеса, тормозя (badger, bait, bedevil, bully, chivy, excruciate, fret, harass, hunt down, jade, murder, persecute, pester, pick on, plague, play up, prey, push, put upon, rack, ride, scourge, worry), твърд варовик, хокам (rake, rate, revile, scold, tick off, vituperate), рагтайм (ragtime), силно синкопиран танцов ритъм (ragtime), синкопирана музика (ragtime), знаме (banner, ensign, flag, standard). (various references) | |
Chinese | 破布 , 旧布. (various references) | |
Czech | majáles, kanadský žertík (hoax), hadr (rubber), dareba (little devil, pickle, scapegrace), cár (ribbon, scrap). (various references) | |
Danish | pjalt (scrap), lap (scrap). (various references) | |
Dutch | vodje (scrap), vod (scrap), tod (scrap), lor (scrap), lomp (abusive, coarse, crude, harsh, impolite, rude, scrap), lap (Laplander, Lapp, patch, scrap), flard (scrap). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ĉifono (scrap). (various references) | |
Faeroese | kloddi (scrap). (various references) | |
Finnish | repale (scrap). (various references) | |
French | chiffon (rags), lambeau. (various references) | |
German | Lappen (bill, cloth, clout, clouts, flannel, fold of skin, lobe, lobes, rags, scrap), Fetzen (be mind-blowing, frazzle, have a driving beat, ribbon, rip, scrap, shred, smithereens, snatch, tatter, tatters, wisp), Lumpen (cloth, rags, tatters). (various references) | |
Greek | κουρέλι (shred, tatter). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטלית (cloth, duster, flannel, mop, patch, swab), להרעיש (bawl, jangle, make a noise, row, rumble, whir), תעלול (antic, caper, caprice, hoax, machination, mischief, practical joke, prank, quip, trick, whim), קרע (rift, rupture, schism, shred, snag, tag, tatter, tear), סמרטוט (dish cloth, mop), סחבה (swab, tatter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rongy (clout, piece of linen, shred, snotty, tatter). (various references) | |
Icelandic | tuska (scrap), drusla (scrap). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kain lap. (various references) | |
Irish | bratóg. (various references) | |
Italian | straccio (cloth, duster, rags, wastepaper), scherzo (banter, child's play, frolic, frolics, gag, game, hoaw, jape, jest, joke, lark, play, prank, quiz, trick, trifle), prendere in giro (banter, kid, rib, twit), pezza (cloth, diaper, patch, piece, roll, spot), lobo (clout, earlobe, lobe, rags), giornalaccio, frantumare (break up, crumble, crush, grind, pestle, rupture, shatter, shiver, slab, smash, stamp, to shatter), frammento (chip, fractionary, fragment, fritter, scrap, shred, sliver, snippet, splinter), cencio (tatter), brandello (shred, smithereens, tatter), abiti (clothes). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 藍褸 (defect, fault, run-down or junky, scrap, tattered clothes), 襤褸 (defect, fault, run-down or junky, scrap, tattered clothes), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぼろ (defect, fault, run-down or junky, scrap, tattered clothes), らんる (defect, fault, run-down or junky, scrap, tattered clothes), ウエス . (various references) | |
Korean | 넝마. (various references) | |
Manx | kiapaghey, giubbyl (piece of clothing, tatter), garroo-chloie, fritlag (shred, tatter, tattered cloth), critlagh (fluff), buiggys clooidagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | klut (scrap). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trapo (flitter, frazzle, old-clothes man, scrap, shred, tatter, wiper), farrapo (flitter, frazzle, old-clothes man, scrap, shred, tag, tatter). (various references) | |
Romanian | rupturã (breach, break, breaking, cleavage, discontinuance, disruption, failure, hole, inrush, rend, rent, rift, rip, rupture, slit, tear), zdreanţã (tatter), vechiturã (an antiquated thing, back number, oddment, rags), tachina (banter, chaff, Josh, lark, tease), petic (patch, shred, vamp), otreapã (shred, toad), obialã (foot wrap), gioarsã (tatters), fleandurã, certa (abuse, altercate, berate, blame, brawl, censure, chide, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, squabble, taunt), cârpiturã (bungling, darn, fib), cârpã (napkin, weakling), cânta muzicã de jaz, buleandrã (drab, draggle-tail, duster, rags, rubber, scamp, shred, slattern, sticks, trollop), ştergãtor (duster). (various references) | |
Russian | тряпка (dust rag, duster, milksop, mollycoddle, shred, softy, tatter, washcloth, washrag). (various references) | |
Scottish | ribeag (little tatter, or bunch of hair;), ribe (a tatter, snare), raidhlich, trìd, pòireagan, luid (drudge, ragged slovenly one), cearb (piece, tatter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rita, zadirkivati (badinage, chaff, josh, kid, needle, put on, rib, tease, twit), studentska povorka, od krpe, novine (newspaper, papers), list (blade, butt, flap, flatfish, leaf, newspaper, plaice, sheet, topknot), krpa (mop), dronjak (jag, screed, tatter), bezdrvni, šala (dalliance, dido, farce, fun, have on, jest, joke, lark, pleasantry, rib, sally, trick). (various references) | |
Spanish | trapo (cloth, clout, Cork, cover, dishcloth, drier, duster, rags, swab, swob). (various references) | |
Swedish | trasa (cloth, clout, scrap, shred, tatter), skoja (cheat, frolic, gyp, jape, jeer, jest, joke, kid, lark, spoof, swindle), bråk (ado, bother, brawl, din, disturbance, dust-up, flare up, fracas, fraction, fray, fuss, hubbub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, incident, kick up, miff, noise, row, ruction, rumpus, trouble, tumult, unpleasantness, uproar, upset). (various references) | |
Thai | ผ้าขี้ริ้ว (tatter), กระเบื้องมุงหลังคา, หยอกล้อ (bait, chaff), ดุด่า (chide, jump all over, jump on, keep after, nag, rebuke). (various references) | |
Turkish | kırpık, şamata (carrying-on, carryings on, conviviality, din, dustup, great noise, hell, hilarity, hoo-ha, hubbub, pother, racket, razzle-dazzle, riot, ripsnorter, row, shindy, uproar, whoopee), şamata yapmak (make a noise, make whoopee, roister, skylark), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate), dağıtmak (be on the loose, bestrew, break on, crack up, deal, deal out, decompose, deliver, demount, deploy, diffuse, disband, disject, disjoint, dismantle, dispel, dispense, disperse, disrupt, dissipate, dissolve, distribute, divert, Dot, drown, fling off, hand out, issue, litter, mete out, pass out, rough up, ruffle, rumple, scatter, strew, tumble), dalga geçmek (cod, gibe, jape, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, razz, rib, ridicule, scoff, send up), değersiz şey (cheeseparing, damn, falderal, gold brick, junk, lemon, shoddy, slush, small beer, stiver, trifle, trumpery), gürültü (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, crash, din, discord, dustup, fracas, hoi polloi, hubble bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, peal, pong, pother, racket, razzle-dazzle, roar, roaring, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, sound, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter), çaput (shoddy, tatter), herkesi ayağa kaldırmak, paylamak (baste, bring up, dress down, flay, give smb. beans, inveigh, jaw out, lace into, objurgate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, scold, tick off), kırpıntı (clipping, clippings, flue, refuse, scrap, shavings, sweeps, trimmings), kâğıt para (bank note, banknote, bill, flimsies, flimsy, folding money, note, paper, paper money), kaba şaka, kaba şaka yapmak, kesik tempolu caz müziği (ragtime), mendil (handkerchief, hankie, hanky, noserag), muziplik (caper, Dido, fooling, frolic, hoax, joke, lark, prank, teasing, trick), paçavra (clout, scrap, scraps, shred, swab, tatter), gazete bozuntusu. (various references) | |
Turkmen | esgi, зogdan (shred, tuft). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скандалити (brawl, cut up rough, raise cain, row, scrimmage, scrummage), сварити (berate, betongue, inveigh, round on), ганчірка (clout, tatter, wiper), одяг (apparel, caparison, clobber, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garments, investment, outfit, raiment, rig out, tailoring, things, togs, vestment, wear), мотлох (duds, lumber, odd-come-short, raff, rubbish, shoddy, shucks, wrack), жмут (bundle, wad), лахміття (frippery, tatter), дробити каміння, дражнити (badger, badinage, bait, banter, chaff, needle, pick on, quiz, start on, taunt, tease, vex). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mảnh vụn (odd-come-short), mảnh tả tơi, một tí (fig, hairbreadth, hair's breadth, inch, trifle), khăn tay giẻ rách, giẻ, cờ rách, báo giẻ rách. (various references) | |
Welsh | pilyn (clout, garment), clwt (clout, patch), cerpyn (clout), carp (clout), cadach (cloth, clout, kerchief), brat (clout, pinafore). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pannus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rag": raga, ragamuffin, ragamuffins, ragas, ragbag, ragbags, rage, raged, ragee, ragees, rages, ragged, raggeder, raggedest, raggedly, raggedness, raggednesses, raggedy, raggee, raggees, raggies, ragging, raggle, raggles, raggy, ragi, raging, ragingly, ragis, raglan, raglans, ragman, ragmen, ragout, ragouted, ragouting, ragouts, ragpicker, ragpickers, rags, ragtag, ragtags, ragtime, ragtimes, ragtop, ragtops, ragweed, ragweeds, ragwort, ragworts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rag": ballyrag, brag, bullyrag, crag, dishrag, drag, dustrag, frag, outbrag, outdrag, scrag, sprag, tagrag, washrag. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rag": amperage, amperages, anchorage, anchorages, aragonite, aragonites, aragonitic, arbitrage, arbitraged, arbitrager, arbitragers, arbitrages, arbitrageur, arbitrageurs, arbitraging, arrearage, arrearages, asparagine, asparagines, asparagus, astragal, astragals, average, averaged, averagely, averageness, averagenesses, averages, averaging, ballyragged, ballyragging, ballyrags, barrage, barraged, barrages, barraging, bedraggle, bedraggled, bedraggles, bedraggling, beverage, beverages, borage, borages, braggadocio, braggadocios, braggart, braggarts, bragged, bragger, braggers. (additional references) | |
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"Rag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Areg, argh, argl, argy, frag, kraag, krag, Kragh, orag, Prag, qag, Qra, raa, raeg, ragg, ragh, ragu, ragy, Raogo, Rapg, raq, rar, Rargh, rasgdp, rau, Rav, rax, Reag, reg, rego, regr, regt, rej, rg, rga, rgb, rigg, rigu, rigy, rilg, Rka, rlg, rng, rog, rpg, Ruegg, rugg, rugo, ryg, rzag, wrag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rag" (pronounced ra"g) |
| 3 | r a" g | brag, drag. |
| 2 | -a" g | ag, bag, Dag, fag, flag, gag, hag, lag, mag, nag, sag, shag, slag, snag, stag, tag, wag, Zag. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-r" | |
-1 letter: ag, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-r" | |
+1 letter: agar, ager, brag, crag, drag, frag, garb, gars, gaur, gear, gnar, grab, grad, gram, gran, grat, gray, guar, raga, rage, ragi, rags, rang, ruga. | |
+2 letters: aargh, agars, agers, agger, aggro, agora, agree, agria, algor, anger, angry, argal, argil, argle, argol, argon, argot, argue, argus, auger, augur, barge, brags, cager, cargo, cigar, crags, drags, eager, eagre, eggar, frags, gager, gamer, gaper, garbs, garni, garth, gator, gaurs, gayer, gazar, gazer, gears, gerah, glair, glare, glary, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, goral, graal, grabs, grace, grade, grads, graft, grail, grain, grama, gramp, grams, grana, grand, grans, grant, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, grass, grate, grave, gravy, grays, graze, great, groan, groat, guard, guars, gular, gyral, jager, jagra, lager, large, largo, marge, orang, organ, pager, parge, pargo, prang, ragas, raged, ragee, rages, raggy, ragis, range, rangy, regal, regma, regna, retag, rugae, rugal, sager, sarge, scrag, sprag, sugar, targe, terga, tragi, virga, wager, wrang, yager. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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