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What does rag mean?

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Noun
  1. (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 in metalworking.
  5. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  6. (pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
  7. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To become tattered.
Noun
  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
Verb
  1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Verb
  1. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
  2. (Britain 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.
Noun
  1. (dated) A prank or practical joke.
  2. (Britain, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
Noun
  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.]
  3. (music) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
Verb
  1. (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
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