rag

rag
rag1 [ræg] n
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1¦(cloth)¦
2¦(newspaper)¦
3 in rags
4 from rags to riches
5¦(music)¦
6¦(students' event)¦
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[Sense: 1-4,6; Date: 1300-1400; : Old Norse; Origin: rögg 'rough hairiness']
[Sense: 5; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ragtime]
1.) ¦(CLOTH)¦ [U and C]
a small piece of old cloth, for example one used for cleaning things
▪ He wiped his boots dry with an old rag.
▪ an oily rag
2.) ¦(NEWSPAPER)¦ informal
a newspaper, especially one that you think is not particularly important or of good quality
▪ He writes for the local rag .
3.) in rags
wearing old torn clothes
▪ Children in rags begged money from the tourists.
4.) from rags to riches
becoming very rich after starting your life very poor
▪ He likes to tell people of his rise from rags to riches.
5.) ¦(MUSIC)¦
a piece of ↑ragtime music
6.) ¦(STUDENTS' EVENT)¦ BrE
an event organized by students every year in order to make money for people who are poor, sick etc
▪ rag week
→glad rags at ↑glad
→like a red rag to a bull at ↑red1 (5)
→lose your rag at ↑lose
rag 2
rag2 past tense and past participle ragged present participle ragging
v [T]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Origin unknown]
BrE old-fashioned to laugh at someone or play tricks on them
= ↑tease

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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