rags

/ɹæɡz/ · noun

Meaning

(in the plural) Tattered clothes.
A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
A ragged edge in metalworking.
A sail, or any piece of canvas.
A newspaper, magazine.
To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
To become tattered.
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
A prank or practical joke.
A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
To dance to ragtime music.
To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

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