ragnoun [ C ]
uk/ræɡ/us/ræɡ/rag noun [ C ] (CLOTH)
a torn piece of old cloth:
clothes that are old and torn:
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Equipment used for cleaning
- bath towel
- broom
- broomstick
- carpet sweeper
- chamois
- facecloth
- feather duster
- flannel
- floor cloth
- Hoover
- household goods
- J-cloth
- pressure washer
- scrubbing brush
- squeegee
- squeegee mop
- sweeper
- toilet brush
- towelette
- washcloth
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rag noun [ C ] (NEWSPAPER)
informal a newspaper or magazine that is considered to be of bad quality:
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Newspapers & magazines
- back copy
- broadsheet
- brochure
- colour supplement
- comic
- daily paper
- editorial
- journal
- lad mag
- magazine
- manga
- organ
- reader
- Sunday paper
- supermarket tabloid
- tabloid
- trade
- tribune
- weekly
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rag noun [ C ] (COLLEGE EVENT)
in Britain, a series of entertaining events and activities organized by college students once a year to collect money for charity
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- prom
- rage
- rave
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rag noun [ C ] (MUSIC)
a piece of ragtime music
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- melody
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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ragverb [ T ]
uk/ræɡ/us/ræɡ/-gg- old-fashioned informalto say things that are funny but a little unkind:
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Teasing
- joke
- josh
- kid
- leg
- only joking! idiom
- pull sb's leg idiom
- raillery
- rib
- ribbing
- spoof
- standing joke
- tease
- wind 1
- wind sb up