ragged

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English [edit]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology [edit]

From rag

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

ragged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of rag

Adjective [edit]

ragged (comparative more ragged, superlative most ragged)

  1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken.
    a ragged coat
    a ragged sail
  2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged.
    ragged rocks
  3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
  4. Wearing tattered clothes.
    a ragged fellow
  5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
    • (Can we date this quote?), John Dryden.
      What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?
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    • 2012 May 19, Paul fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, BBC Sport:
      Allardyce's side had led at the break through a Carlton Cole strike but after Thomas Ince - son of former Hammers midfielder Paul - levelled shortly after the restart, the match became increasingly stretched and ragged.

Translations [edit]

rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken
broken with rough edges
harsh and disagreeable to the ear
wearing tattered clothes
rough; shaggy; rugged

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