rag

Definition

• n. a small piece of cloth or paper
• n. a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
• n. a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
• v. play in ragtime

Word forms

Past participle

ragged

Present participle

ragging

Past tense

ragged

Third person singular

rags

Example sentences

1. n.

   I used an old rag to clean the table.

2. vt.

   He always rags his friends about their favorite sports teams.

3. vi.

   The children ragged in the park after school.