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RAG

Definition:

1. [noun] a small piece of cloth or paper
   Synonyms: shred, tag, tag end, tatter
   
   
2. [noun] a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
   Synonyms: week
   
   
3. [noun] music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
   Synonyms: time
   
   
4. [noun] newspaper with half-size pages
   Synonyms: tabloid, sheet
   
   
5. [noun] a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
   
   
6. [verb] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   Synonyms: torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
   
   
7. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
   
   
8. [verb] play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
   
   
9. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
   
   
10. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: call on the carpet, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
    
    
11. [verb] break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
    
    

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Related Words:

• madden
• hamstring
• tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
• persecute, oppress
• get, get under one's skin
• eat into, fret, rankle, grate
• peeve
• ruffle
• fret
• harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
• antagonize, antagonise
• jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
• kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
• chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
• tell off, brush down
• pine-tar rag

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