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Meanings of rag in English

Portuguese
andrajo
Catalan
drap
Spanish
trapo
Wikidata

Old or tattered piece of clothing.

      Related terms
      andrajo
      Portuguese
      tabloide
      Spanish
      periódico sensacionalista

      Newspaper with half-size pages.

            tabloide
            Portuguese
            condenar
            Catalan
            renyar
            Spanish
            reprender a gritos

            Censure severely or angrily.

                condenar
                Portuguese
                importunar
                Catalan
                amoïnar
                Spanish
                provocar

                To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.

                    importunar
                    Usage of rag in English
                    1
                    She dropped the rag when raised voices sounded from the main house.
                    Return of the Crimson Guard
                    2
                    Number Nine, voiced by Elijah Woods, leads the rag dolls to survival.
                    Wired
                    3
                    Over the past 20 years the rag-and-bone trade has had a makeover.
                    The Guardian
                    4
                    Funny really, seeing as the rest of us was in rag order.
                    Last night another soldier...
                    5
                    He pushed aside the rag, stared to the south for a moment.
                    Night of Knives
                    6
                    That's a good idea, Gwen said, stomach tightening like a wrung rag.
                    Stash
                    7
                    And an American, a veteran of the rag-trade battlefields of New York.
                    The Irish Times
                    8
                    It was exceptionally beautiful, silver ink embossed on thick handmade rag paper.
                    The Sorceress
                    9
                    Others simply had tissue or bits of rag stuffed up their noses.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    The man snatched the rag and began again to scrub the floor.
                    The Colossus: A Novel
                    11
                    Emmet quickly called in five more operatives to monitor their rag-tag arrival.
                    The Naked God
                    12
                    Don't let your standards slip to the mediocrity of a regional rag.
                    The Irish Times
                    13
                    Grease it well with a piece of butter tied in a rag.
                    Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
                    14
                    The ship immediately felt the effect of even this rag of canvass.
                    Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
                    15
                    The one is a red flag, the other is a fled rag.
                    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870
                    16
                    The rest of her body remained like a rag on the rug.
                    Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel