Main entry: rag
Definition: a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
Main entry: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter
Definition: a small piece of cloth or paper
Main entry: sheet, rag, tabloid
Definition: newspaper with half-size pages
Definition: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
Definition: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
Main entry: rag
Definition: break into lumps before sorting
Usage: rag ore
Main entry: call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, dress down, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out
Definition: censure severely or angrily
Usage: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Main entry: ride, rag, rally, razz, bait, twit, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, cod
Definition: harass with persistent criticism or carping
Usage: The children teased the new teacher; Don't ride me so hard over my failure; His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Main entry: rag
Definition: play in ragtime
Usage: rag that old tune
Main entry: devil, irritate, get at, get to, gravel, rag, rile, bother, chafe, annoy, nark, nettle, vex
Definition: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Usage: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me; It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Main entry: rag, frustrate, crucify, dun, torment, bedevil
Definition: treat cruelly
Usage: The children tormented the stuttering teacher