rag
1. a small piece of cloth or paper (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
shred, tag, tag end, tatter
• Derivationally related forms:
shred (for: shred)
• Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
• Hyponyms:
pine-tar rag
2. a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
• Syn:
rag week
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
week, hebdomad
• Part Meronyms:
rag day
3. music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
• Syn:
ragtime
• Hypernyms:
dance music
4. newspaper with half-size pages
• Syn:
tabloid, sheet
• Hypernyms:
newspaper, paper
5. a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
practical joke
1. cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
• Syn:
annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate,
irritate, nark, nettle, gravel, vex,
chafe, devil
• Derivationally related forms:
devilment (for: devil), deviltry (for: devil), devilry (for: devil), vexation (for: vex), vexer (for: vex), irritation (for: irritate), irritant (for: irritate), botheration (for: bother), bother (for: bother), annoyer (for: annoy), annoyance (for: annoy)
• Hypernyms:
displease
• Hyponyms:
get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, rankle,
grate, peeve, ruffle, harass, hassle, harry,
chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague,
molest, provoke, antagonize, antagonise
• Verb Group:
chafe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to rag Sue
2. 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
• Syn:
tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise,
bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
• Derivationally related forms:
twit (for: twit), taunting (for: taunt), taunt (for: taunt), tantaliser (for: tantalise), Tantalus (for: tantalise), tantalizer (for: tantalize), Tantalus (for: tantalize), tantalization (for: tantalize), razzing (for: razz), tease (for: tease), teaser (for: tease), teasing (for: tease)
• Hypernyms:
mock, bemock
• Hyponyms:
jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe,
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. 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
• Syn:
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
• Derivationally related forms:
chiding (for: chide), scolder (for: scold), scolding (for: scold), reprimand (for: reprimand), lecture (for: lecture), reproof (for: reproof), rebuker (for: rebuke), rebuke (for: rebuke)
• Hypernyms:
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
• Hyponyms:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct,
tell off, brush down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: have words)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: remonstrate)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: jaw)
- Sam cannot rag Sue
4. treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
• Syn:
torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
• Derivationally related forms:
frustration (for: frustrate), crucifixion (for: crucify), bedevilment (for: bedevil), torment (for: torment), tormenter (for: torment), tormentor (for: torment)
• Hypernyms:
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy,
chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
• Hyponyms:
madden, hamstring, tease, badger, pester,
bug, beleaguer, persecute, oppress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
5. play in ragtime
- rag that old tune
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play, spiel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They will rag the duet
6. break into lumps before sorting
- rag ore
• Topics:
mining, excavation
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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