rag

See also rág, and råg

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹaɡ/

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• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as Etymology 2, below.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
   • 2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 1:

     the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stone — pebble stone, flint and rag stone.

Verb

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

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft, shagginess”). Cognate with Swedish ragg.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge.
5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
7. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (poker slang) A card that appears to help no one.
8. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (poker slang) A low card.

Derived terms

Terms derived from rag

on the rag lose one's rag

ragwort

smell of an oily rag

Translations

piece of cloth

• Arabic: ممسحة (ar) (mimsaḥa) f
• Chamicuro: chalachi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抹布 (cmn) (mābù), 布 (cmn) (bù)

• Czech: hadr (cs) m
• Dutch: vod (nl) f, lap (nl) m
• Esperanto: vestaĉo (eo)
• Finnish: rätti (fi)
• French: chiffon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lappen (de) m
• Greek: κουρέλι (el) (ku'rɛ.li) n
• Italian: cencio (it) m
• Japanese: 布 (ja) (ぬの, nuno)
• Jèrriais: chique f, chitchette f
• Korean: 천 (ko) (cheon)
• Polish: ścierka (pl)
• Portuguese: farrapo (pt) m, trapo (pt) m
• Russian: тряпка (ru) (trjápka) f, лоскут (ru) (loskút) m, ветошь (ru) (vétošʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: luideag (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: krpa (sh) f, крпа (sh) f
• Slovene: cunja f
• Spanish: jirón (es) m, trapo (es) m
• Turkish: paçavra (tr)

mean or tattered attire

• Armenian: ցնցոտի (hy) (c’nc’oti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破布 (cmn) (pòbù)

• Czech: hadry (cs) m
• Dutch: lompen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: vestaĉo (eo)
• Finnish: ryysyt (fi) pl
• German: Lumpen (de) m, Fetzen (de) m

• French: haillon (fr) m, loque (fr) f, guenille (fr) f
• Japanese: ぼろ (ja) (boro)
• Korean: 넝마 (ko) (neongma)
• Portuguese: trapo (pt) m, farrapo (pt) m
• Russian: лохмотья (ru) (loxmótʹja) pl, тряпьё (ru) (trjapʹjó) n, ветошь (ru) (vétošʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian: prnje (sh) f pl, прње (sh) f pl

shabby, beggarly fellow

• Czech: otrhanec (cs) m
• Finnish: ryysyläinen (fi)

• French: loque (fr) f
• Russian: оборванец (ru) (oborvánec) m, оборванка (ru) (oborvánka) f

ragged edge

sail, or any piece of canvas

• Dutch: zeil (nl) n, zeildoek (nl) n

• Finnish: rätti (fi)

(slang, pejorative) A newspaper

• French: torchon (fr) m, canard (fr) m

(poker slang) A card that appears to help no one

(poker slang) A low card

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• Serbo-Croatian: prnje/прње f pl

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain.

Verb

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. (UK slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

Derived terms

• rag the puck
• rag on

Translations

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter

• Finnish: naljailla (fi)
• German: Unfug treiben (de)

• Russian: бранить (ru) (branitʹ)

(British slang) To drive in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner

(Indian) To haze

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (dated) A prank or practical joke.

Derived terms

• rag day
• rag week

Etymology 4

Perhaps from ragged. Compare later ragtime.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

1. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. [19th c.]
2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]

Translations

piece of ragtime music

• Dutch: rag (nl)

• French: rag (fr) m, ragtime (fr) m

Anagrams

• gar

References

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

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Breton

Preposition

rag

1. before

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɑx/

Noun

rag n (plural raggen, diminutive ragje)

1. spider silk.

Synonyms

• spinrag

Derived terms

• ragfijn

Etymology 2

From English rag.

Noun

rag n (plural rags, diminutive ragje)

1. A piece of ragtime music.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from ragad. Created during the Hungarian language reform taking place in the 18th-19th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɒɡ/

Noun

rag (plural ragok)

1. (grammar) suffix, affix, case ending

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

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Lojban

Rafsi

rag

1. rafsi of rango.

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Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

rag

1. stiff, rigid, inflexible
2. stubborn, obstinate

Derived terms

• rag-mhuinealach