RAG meaning: Cloth used for cleaning, wiping

We found 48 dictionaries that define the word rag:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

rag: Merriam-Webster.com
rag, rag, rag, rag, rag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
rag, rag, rag, rag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
rag: Collins English Dictionary
rag: Vocabulary.com
Rag, rag, rag: Wordnik
rag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
rag: Wiktionary
rag: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
rag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
rag: Infoplease Dictionary
Rag, rag: Dictionary.com
rag (n.), rag (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
rag: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
RAG (disambiguation), RAG (student society), RAG, Rag (newspaper), Rag (student society), Rag, The Rag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Rag: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
rag: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
rag: Rhymezone
rag: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
rag: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RAG: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
Rag, Rag: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
rag: Free Dictionary
rag: Mnemonic Dictionary
rag: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (4 matching dictionaries)

Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
rag-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
Epicurus.com Italian Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
Rag (disambiguation), Rag (magazine), Rag (newspaper), rag: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
Rag (cloth), Rag (disambiguation), Rag (magazine), Rag (music), Rag (newspaper), rag: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

RAG: Acronym Finder
RAG: Three Letter Words with definitions
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
rag: Idioms

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)

Rag (offensive): Racial Slur Database
rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
rag: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
R.A.G, R.A.G, rag [ragging], the rag: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

Rag: Dan's Poker
Rag: Gambling Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
▸ noun:  A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
▸ noun:  A ragged edge in metalworking.
▸ noun:  (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
▸ noun:  (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
▸ noun:  (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
▸ noun:  (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
▸ noun:  (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
▸ noun:  (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
▸ noun:  (slang, obsolete) A banknote.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become tattered.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
▸ noun:  A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
▸ verb:  To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
▸ verb:  To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
▸ verb:  To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
▸ verb:  (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
▸ verb:  To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
▸ noun:  (dated) A prank or practical joke.
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
▸ noun:  A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
▸ verb:  (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Rag and Famish (“the Army and Navy Club in London, England”)
▸ noun:  (machine learning) Initialism of retrieval-augmented generation: a method of augmenting performance of LLMs (large language models) by serving them a curated selection of data input, via a combination of relevant data libraries and on-the-fly but relevant search results.

Similar:

tatter, tease, shred, rile, chew up, nark, twit, crucify, taunt, chew out, more...

Opposite:

smooth, sleek, tidy, neat

Types:

chamois, terrycloth, cheesecloth, flannel, muslin, lint-free, more...

Phrases:

rag doll, red rag, rag dolls, rag paper, rag rug, more...

Adjectives:

red, wet, old, clean, dirty, white, soft, damp, oily, dry, coral

Colors:

red, blue, green, yellow, orange, more...

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