Definition of Rag

Noun

• a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
  
• newspaper with half-size pages
  tabloid sheet
• music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
  ragtime
• a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
  - rag week
• a small piece of cloth or paper
  shred tag - tag end tatter

Verb

• break into lumps before sorting
  "rag ore"
  
• 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"
  - call on the carpet - take to task rebuke trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw - dress down - call down scold chide berate - bawl out remonstrate - chew out - chew up - have words lambaste lambast
• 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"
  tease razz cod tantalize tantalise bait taunt twit rally ride
• play in ragtime
  "rag that old tune"
  
• 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"
  annoy - get to bother - get at irritate rile nark nettle gravel vex chafe devil
• treat cruelly
  "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
  torment bedevil crucify dun frustrate

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Unscramble rag

4 unscramble word found using the letters rag.

ag, ar, gar, rag,