rags in English

noun

1

a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.

he wiped his hands on an oily rag

synonyms: cloth, scrap of cloth, schmatte

2

a newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality.

the local rag

3

a program of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity.

rag week

4

a large, coarse roofing slate.

5

a ragtime composition or tune.

Composed rags were widely published and became extremely popular among white amateur pianists, though it is likely that the black creators of ragtime would have played in a much freer manner than the written music suggests.

verb

1

make fun of (someone) in a loud, boisterous manner.

The lads were ragging me about that, declaring I had lost my touch, he laughed.

2

rebuke severely.

If any male relative comes to the village after sunset, the women rag him and sometimes beat him up.

noun

cloth, scrap of cloth, schmatte
tatters, torn clothing, old clothes, castoffs, hand-me-downs
tabloid, sheet
tag, tatter, shred, tag end
ragtime
rag week

verb

taunt, torment, irritate, lambaste
taunt, tease, bait, ride, tantalize, cod, razz, tantalise, twit, rally
torment, dun, bedevil, crucify, frustrate
irritate, annoy, rile, nark, get at, get to, chafe, bother, devil, gravel, vex, nettle
lambaste, call down, lambast, jaw, bawl out, chide, rebuke, remonstrate, chew up, take to task, have words, berate, chew out, dress down, trounce, lecture, scold, reprimand, reproof

Use "rags" in a sentence

1. From Riches to Rags

2. Just look at those rags.

3. Why the rags and cloth?

4. He was clad in rags.

5. Hers was a rags-to-riches story.

6. Dirty and unkempt and in rags.

7. They can manufacture rags into paper.

8. There's some rags in the back.

9. I can scour the local rags!

10. I keep these rags for cleaning the car.

11. Even if they dress in rags.

12. Help me out of these rags.

13. And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

14. Hidden beneath the rags in the cellar?

15. Safely dispose of rags soaked with oil.

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17. Some were barefoot, most were in rags.

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19. You'll want to change those wet rags immediately.

20. The lad can wear rags from now on.

21. Those old clothes will do for cleaning rags.

22. The highest quality paper is made mostly from rags.

23. Those living outside the Kasnian Conglomerate are dressed in rags.

24. Feel the tears, nod, my ironed clothes crumple to rags.

25. 20 I put on my glad rags for the prom.

26. Roger was then a bag of bones, and in rags.

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28. Notice the final result of drunkenness and gluttony —poverty and rags.

29. Let the sails be rags and the sailors infirm and sickly.

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31. To tear up ( cloth or rags ) in a toothed machine.

32. The guard looked at the old man in rags scornfully.

33. 10 The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.

34. Be a dear and get me some rags and water, would you?

35. Sell your soul for that, do , dyed rags pinned round a squaw.

36. Her hands are claws she keeps concealed within her rags and tatters.

37. As you asked, garlic and witch hazel to boil the rags.

38. They procured for us the first clean rags we had for our sores . . .

39. So when I started getting my periods, I began with using rags.

40. Chen Guangbiao 's story is a classic tale of rags to riches .

41. He noticed what looked like a bundle of rags beside the road.

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44. 17 The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.

45. Jean Chretien is an outsider, an Arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper

46. The stepsisters steal the girl's fine clothes and jewels and force her to wear rags.

47. Rags and Absorbents when used and discarded meet the definition of a solid waste

48. But many, caught up by “rags-to-riches” tales, worshiped success as a goddess.

49. The spontaneous combustion of the oil - soaked rags caused the barn to catch fire.

50. Store Biodiesel soaked rags or spill absorbents in approved safety containers and dispose of properly