rag

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 References 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Breton 2.1 Preposition 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Synonyms 3.1.2.2 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Noun 4 Hungarian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg, from Old Norse rǫgg tuft, shagginess - ca. 14th century

7 - Short for ragtime - ca. 1897

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• Rhymes: -æɡ

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rag (plural rags)

1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
2. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5. A ragged edge.
6. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
7. A piece of ragtime music.

   The song mapleleaf rag has a pleasant, bouncy tune.

8. (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
9. (poker slang) A card that appears to help no one.
10. (poker slang) A low card

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a coarse kind of rock

• 2003: the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stome — pebble stone, flint and rag stone. — Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, 2003, page 1.

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• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

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to rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

1. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
2. (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
3. (Indian) To haze, use physical violence in school setting.

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rag

1. before

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[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɑx/

[edit] Noun

rag n. (plural raggen, diminutive ragje)

1. Spider web.

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• spinrag
• spinneweb, web

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• ragfijn

[edit] Etymology 2

From English rag.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹæ:g/

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rag n. (plural rags, diminutive ragje)

1. A piece of ragtime music.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɒg/

[edit] Noun

rag (plural ragok)

1. (grammar) suffix, affix, case ending

[edit] Declension

declension of rag singular plural nominative rag ragok accusative ragot ragokat dative ragnak ragoknak instrumental raggal ragokkal causal-final ragért ragokért translative raggá ragokká terminative ragig ragokig essive-formal ragként ragokként essive-modal - - inessive ragban ragokban superessive ragon ragokon adessive ragnál ragoknál illative ragba ragokba sublative ragra ragokra allative raghoz ragokhoz elative ragból ragokból delative ragról ragokról ablative ragtól ragoktól

possessives of rag possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. ragom ragjaim 2nd person sing. ragod ragjaid 3rd person sing. ragja ragjai 1st person plural ragunk ragjaink 2nd person plural ragotok ragjaitok 3rd person plural ragjuk ragjaik