rag

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (especially, in-plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
2. A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
3. (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. (slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. (plural, singular, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
7. (derogatory, slang) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
8. A poor, low-ranking kicker.
9. (slang) A curtain of various kinds.
10. (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
11. (obsolete, slang) A banknote.
12. An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).

Verb

1. (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. (intransitive) To become tattered.
3. (euphemistic, intransitive, slang, sometimes, vulgar) To menstruate.

Verb

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Verb

1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
2. (British, 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.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
2. (informal, intransitive) To dance to ragtime music.
3. (obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

Concepts

chiffon

haillon

lambeau

guenille

loque

torchon

usé

canard

🦆

mouchoir

en haillons

morceau

agacer

linge

ragtime

gêner

gronder

enquiquiner

importuner

indigner

ennuyer

gugusse

embêter

🐛

morue

drap

querelle

reprendre

réprimander

reprocher

tabloïd

tabloïde

déranger

contrarier

chahut

chiffons

engueuler

chahuter

cabillaud

brimer

morceau de tissu

narguer

rag

farce

feuille

Synonymes

shred

tatter

cloth

scrap

patch

piece of cloth

tease

handkerchief

rags

tatters

nark

torment

gravel

chafe

irritate

get at

scold

duster

rile

reproof

reprimand

clout

razz

bother

nettle

vex

chide

chew up

tag end

tissue

tabloid

tattered cloth

sheet

get to

devil

call down

annoy

rag week

burr

crucify

ride

rib

cod

rebuke

frustrate

ragtime

rally

remonstrate

row

flash

Traductions

trapo

straccio

Lumpen

Lappen

andrajo

harapo

trapo

vod

Fetzen

lap

κουρέλι

cencio

farrapo

lor

lomp

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹæɡ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ragge

Hérité de ancien anglais: ragg

Appartenant à suédois: ragg

In summary

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.