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Yes. The word rag is a Scrabble US word. The word rag is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

GAR,RAG,

2-letter words (2 found)

AG,AR,

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Definitions and meaning of rag

rag

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹæɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

  1. (especially in the 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.
    Hyponyms: dishrag, do-rag, washrag
  3. (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
  4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
    Coordinate terms: bur, burr
  5. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  6. (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
  7. (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
    Synonym: fish wrap
  8. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
  9. (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
  10. (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
  11. (slang, obsolete) A banknote.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Kashubian: reksa (United States)
Translations

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

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

Etymology 2

Unknown origin; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

rag (countable and uncountable, plural rags)

  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
Derived terms
  • coral rag
  • Kentish rag
  • ragwork
  • Rowley rag

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

  2. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
    Hypernym: dress
  4. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
    Hypernym: dress
    Near-synonym: rough

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Ideas about the scolding and tormenting senses being related to on the rag are only speculative.

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

  2. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
  4. (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
    Synonyms: beat, thrash
    Hypernym: ride hard and put away wet
  6. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
Derived terms
  • bullirag
  • rag the puck
  • rag on
Translations

Noun

rag (plural rags)

  1. (dated) A prank or practical joke.
  2. (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
Derived terms
  • rag day
  • rag week

Etymology 4

Perhaps from ragged. Compare later ragtime.

Noun

rag (plural rags)

  1. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. [19th c.]
  2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. [from 19th c.]
Translations

Verb

rag (third-person singular simple present rags, present participle ragging, simple past and past participle ragged)

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

References

  • (banknote): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • Gra, gar, grá, Arg., Gar, RGA, GAR, ARG, arg, agr-, arg.

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

rag

  1. before

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *rrak, from Proto-Indo-European *proko-, whence also Old Church Slavonic прокъ (prokŭ, “remaining”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-.

Preposition

rag

  1. for
  2. in order to

Inflection


Dutch

Etymology 1

Unknown, only found to be related to West Frisian reach, though possibly more distantly to Old Saxon raginna (“rough hair”), Old English ragu (“moss”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑx/

Noun

rag n (plural raggen, diminutive ragje n)

  1. spider silk
Synonyms
  • spinrag
Derived terms
  • ragfijn

Etymology 2

From English rag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛɡ/

Noun

rag n (plural rags, diminutive ragje n)

  1. a piece of ragtime music

German

Verb

rag

  1. singular imperative of ragen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of ragen

Green Hmong

Etymology

From Burmese ဓား (dha:) ("knife" or "sword").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʈa˧˩̤/

Noun

rag

  1. knife, small sword

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from ragad. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒɡ]
  • Hyphenation: rag
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

rag (plural ragok)

  1. (grammar) terminal inflectional suffix/affix, termination, ending (for nominals, mostly case endings; for verbs and postpositions, personal suffixes; almost exclusively at the very end of a word in Hungarian)
    Hypernym: toldalék
    Coordinate terms: képző, jel

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Further reading

  • (suffix): rag in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ([regional] a kind of beam or a part of the roof): rag in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • reeg (Mooring)
  • Rech (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian *hregg, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi.

Noun

rag m (plural rager)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) back (rear of the body)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *razgo-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind”), see also Middle High German ric (“string, band”) and Old Irish riag (“a type of torture”).

Adjective

rag

  1. stiff, rigid, inflexible
  2. stubborn, obstinate

Derived terms

  • rag-mhuinealach

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[3], Stirling, →ISBN

Somali

Noun

rag ?

  1. man

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Kurdish reg.

Noun

rag

  1. root

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣaːk˧/
  • Tone numbers: rak8
  • Hyphenation: rag

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̬.raːkᴰ (“root”). Cognate with Thai ราก (râak), Northern Thai ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຮາກ (hāk), Lü ᦣᦱᧅ (haak), Tai Dam ꪭꪱꪀ, Shan ႁၢၵ်ႈ (hāak), Ahom 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (rak), Nong Zhuang laeg, Zuojiang Zhuang lag, Saek ร̄าก.

Noun

rag (1957–1982 spelling rag)

  1. root

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C̬.laːkᴰ (“to pull; to drag”). Cognate with Thai ลาก (lâak), Lao ລາກ (lāk), Shan လၢၵ်ႈ (lāak), Ahom 𑜎𑜀𑜫 (lak), Nong Zhuang laeg, Zuojiang Zhuang lag.

Verb

rag (1957–1982 spelling rag)

  1. to drag; to pull; to haul

Source: wiktionary.org