Rag
noun
A piece of old cloth.
He used a rag to clean the car.
Often appears as...
- cleaning rag
- dirty rag
noun
Newspaper or magazine that is considered to be of poor quality.
I wouldn't believe anything he says, he read it in some rag.
Often appears as...
- tabloid rag
- cheap rag
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Tease or torment someone.
Stop ragging on him!
Often appears as...
- rag on someone
- rag someone about something
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A street festival or parade.
The town's annual rag was a major event.
Often appears as...
- annual rag
- street rag
noun
An oddment of clothing.
She rummaged through a pile of rags at the thrift shop.
Often appears as...
- pile of rags
- bag of rags
verb
Move in a violent and convulsive way.
The airplane was ragged around in the storm.
Often appears as...
- rag around
- rag about
noun
A piece of old cloth.
He used a rag to clean the car.
Often appears as...
- cleaning rag
- dirty rag
noun
Newspaper or magazine that is considered to be of poor quality.
I wouldn't believe anything he says, he read it in some rag.
Often appears as...
- tabloid rag
- cheap rag
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Tease or torment someone.
Stop ragging on him!
Often appears as...
- rag on someone
- rag someone about something
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A street festival or parade.
The town's annual rag was a major event.
Often appears as...
- annual rag
- street rag
noun
An oddment of clothing.
She rummaged through a pile of rags at the thrift shop.
Often appears as...
- pile of rags
- bag of rags
verb
Move in a violent and convulsive way.
The airplane was ragged around in the storm.
Often appears as...
- rag around
- rag about
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Common Uses
Often used for cleaning purposes or to refer to unwanted, leftover fabric.
Grab an old rag to mop up the spill.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Implication
Can imply something is worn out or has low value, especially when talking about clothing.
He was dressed in nothing but a few tattered rags.
Pro Tip 1/2Common Uses
Often used for cleaning purposes or to refer to unwanted, leftover fabric.
Grab an old rag to mop up the spill.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Implication
Can imply something is worn out or has low value, especially when talking about clothing.
He was dressed in nothing but a few tattered rags.
Pro Tip 1/2Common Uses
Often used for cleaning purposes or to refer to unwanted, leftover fabric.
Grab an old rag to mop up the spill.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Implication
Can imply something is worn out or has low value, especially when talking about clothing.
He was dressed in nothing but a few tattered rags.
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Video examples
A taboo-free way to talk...
so that nobody finds out that I'm menstruating. Due to repeated washing the rags would become coarse, and I would often get rashes and infections using them. I wore these already for five years until I moved out of that town. Another issue that periods brought in my life
Video examples
Why I still have hope...
I never knew what a coral could do when it was given a chance to thrive. The truth is that even as we lose so many corals, even as we go through this massive coral die-off, some reefs will survive. Some will be ragged on the edge, some will be beautiful.
Video examples
Wiring a web for global...
her mother and then her father. She was an AIDS orphan being handed across different extended families to be cared for. She herself was suffering from HIV; she was suffering from tuberculosis. I met her in a field, she was ragged, she had no shoes.
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What we didn't know...
Without both elements you have no support. If you have fluid with no wall to surround it and keep pressure up, you have a puddle. And if you have just the wall with no fluid inside of it to put the wall in tension, you've got a little wet rag.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
time at work than their peers because they have a deep fear of not being good enough others invest in friendships that don't serve them because they fear loneliness many run themselves ragged so they don't have to feel when I look back
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Instead of throwing them away at the end of their life, donate, recycle, or reuse them as cleaning rags. And, finally, you might ask yourself, how many t-shirts and articles of clothing will you consume over your lifetime,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
this longest period of excruciating pain in my life there wasn't any other way and we barely made it and we're on the ragged edge of bankruptcy the entire time so when you felt like i want pain i don't like it
Video examples
A Handy Zombie...
impossible for it to support itself on two legs this ragged hunk of roadkill is a crawler if I were you I'd hold it till the next rest stop though its body may be inactive zombie fungus is still
Video examples
Joan Halifax: Compassion...
an old man came in clutching a bundle of rags. And he walked in, and somebody said something to him, we realized he was deaf, and we looked into the rags, and there was this pair of eyes.
Video examples
Bird Of Paradise:...
Later he uses a bigger bit of rag and does the same. Only strong healthy and well-fed males
Video examples
A taboo-free way to talk...
so that nobody finds out that I'm menstruating. Due to repeated washing the rags would become coarse, and I would often get rashes and infections using them. I wore these already for five years until I moved out of that town. Another issue that periods brought in my life
Video examples
Why I still have hope...
I never knew what a coral could do when it was given a chance to thrive. The truth is that even as we lose so many corals, even as we go through this massive coral die-off, some reefs will survive. Some will be ragged on the edge, some will be beautiful.
Video examples
Wiring a web for global...
her mother and then her father. She was an AIDS orphan being handed across different extended families to be cared for. She herself was suffering from HIV; she was suffering from tuberculosis. I met her in a field, she was ragged, she had no shoes.
Video examples
What we didn't know...
Without both elements you have no support. If you have fluid with no wall to surround it and keep pressure up, you have a puddle. And if you have just the wall with no fluid inside of it to put the wall in tension, you've got a little wet rag.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
time at work than their peers because they have a deep fear of not being good enough others invest in friendships that don't serve them because they fear loneliness many run themselves ragged so they don't have to feel when I look back
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
Instead of throwing them away at the end of their life, donate, recycle, or reuse them as cleaning rags. And, finally, you might ask yourself, how many t-shirts and articles of clothing will you consume over your lifetime,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
this longest period of excruciating pain in my life there wasn't any other way and we barely made it and we're on the ragged edge of bankruptcy the entire time so when you felt like i want pain i don't like it
Video examples
A Handy Zombie...
impossible for it to support itself on two legs this ragged hunk of roadkill is a crawler if I were you I'd hold it till the next rest stop though its body may be inactive zombie fungus is still
Video examples
Joan Halifax: Compassion...
an old man came in clutching a bundle of rags. And he walked in, and somebody said something to him, we realized he was deaf, and we looked into the rags, and there was this pair of eyes.
Video examples
Bird Of Paradise:...
Later he uses a bigger bit of rag and does the same. Only strong healthy and well-fed males
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Anouska Hempel
New Zealander Actress
England used to be known for making beautiful things. Then we became the rag trade, known for our street fashions, which were picked up around the world. I want us to be recognized for quality. We have the hands to make the clothes. What we need is the motivation.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.
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Sojourner Truth
American Activist
It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged.
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Stewart O'Nan
American Novelist
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.
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Haley Bennett
American Actress
Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.
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Diana Ross
American Actress
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish Actor
My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
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Ravi Kishan
Indian Actor
I am the man who has risen from rags to riches.
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Gin Wigmore
New Zealander Musician
You can't go round looking like a rag.
Quote examples
Roger Ailes
American Businessman
Vanity Fair' is a left-wing rag.
Quote examples
Anouska Hempel
New Zealander Actress
England used to be known for making beautiful things. Then we became the rag trade, known for our street fashions, which were picked up around the world. I want us to be recognized for quality. We have the hands to make the clothes. What we need is the motivation.
Quote examples
Patti Davis
American Celebrity
The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.
Quote examples
Sojourner Truth
American Activist
It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged.
Quote examples
Stewart O'Nan
American Novelist
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.
Quote examples
Haley Bennett
American Actress
Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.
Quote examples
Diana Ross
American Actress
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.
Quote examples
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish Actor
My life has been sensationalised into a rags to riches story.
Quote examples
Ravi Kishan
Indian Actor
I am the man who has risen from rags to riches.
Quote examples
Gin Wigmore
New Zealander Musician
You can't go round looking like a rag.
Quote examples
Roger Ailes
American Businessman
Vanity Fair' is a left-wing rag.
Example 1 of 10
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