rager

See also: Rager

English

Etymology

From Middle English rager, raiger, ragere, equivalent to rage +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɚ/

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Noun

rager (plural ragers)

1. (uncommon) One who rages.
   • 2005, Paul Blum, Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, page 51:

     Ragers are feared and detested by teachers for their potential to destroy a lesson.

2. (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) A boisterous and out of control party.
   • 2016 December 7, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: 'Office Christmas Party'”, in Variety (magazine)‎^[1], Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-15:

     Clearly, the kernel of inspiration behind this whole out-of-control rager was nostalgia for less politically correct times.

   • 2022 March 17, Julissa James, “Inside most legendary streetwear brand party in Los Angeles”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-07:

     Part of the Born X Raised story, almost unintentionally, has become their big — and growing only bigger — ragers.

   • 2022 June 10, “Canada’s housing frenzy was the party of all parties. Get ready for a hangover”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[3], Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-29:

     Experts urged interventions to break the fever, but unlike the last mini-mania, in 2016-17, policy makers pretty much did nothing while the Bank of Canada, understandably concerned about the pandemic-beset economy, made sure money stayed cheap. The house party kept on partying. It was a rager, and no one called the cops.

   • 2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-03:

     The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.

3. (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

Derived terms

• dayger
• road rager

 

References

• Jonathon Green (2024) “rager n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• Grear, gerra

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːɣər/, [ˈʁɑwɐ]

Verb

rager

1. present tense of rage

Dutch

Etymology

From rageren (“to brush”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “check, please: is it from ragen or rageren?”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːɣər
• IPA^(key): /raːɣər/, /raːxər/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ger

Noun

rager m (plural ragers, diminutive ragertje n)

1. interdental brush

French

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Verb

rager

1. to rage

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of rager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rageant /ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ragé /ʁa.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rage /ʁaʒ/	rages /ʁaʒ/	rage /ʁaʒ/	rageons /ʁa.ʒɔ̃/	ragez /ʁa.ʒe/	ragent /ʁaʒ/
	imperfect	rageais /ʁa.ʒɛ/	rageais /ʁa.ʒɛ/	rageait /ʁa.ʒɛ/	ragions /ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/	ragiez /ʁa.ʒje/	rageaient /ʁa.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	rageai /ʁa.ʒe/	rageas /ʁa.ʒa/	ragea /ʁa.ʒa/	rageâmes /ʁa.ʒam/	rageâtes /ʁa.ʒat/	ragèrent /ʁa.ʒɛʁ/
	future	ragerai /ʁaʒ.ʁe/	rageras /ʁaʒ.ʁa/	ragera /ʁaʒ.ʁa/	ragerons /ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/	ragerez /ʁaʒ.ʁe/	rageront /ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ragerais /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerais /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerait /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/	ragerions /ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	rageriez /ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/	rageraient /ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	rage /ʁaʒ/	rages /ʁaʒ/	rage /ʁaʒ/	ragions /ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/	ragiez /ʁa.ʒje/	ragent /ʁaʒ/
	imperfect2	rageasse /ʁa.ʒas/	rageasses /ʁa.ʒas/	rageât /ʁa.ʒa/	rageassions /ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	rageassiez /ʁa.ʒa.sje/	rageassent /ʁa.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rage /ʁaʒ/	—	rageons /ʁa.ʒɔ̃/	ragez /ʁa.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• enragé
• rage
• rageur

Further reading

• “rager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• garer