Rag means a leftover, worn down or small cloth usually used for cleaning, or is slang for a worn down piece of clothing.
(noun)The definition of rag is made of worn down cloth or clothing.
(adjective)An example of rag used as an adjective is a doll made of old cotton shirts; a rag doll.
Rag is defined as to tease, joke with or nag.
(verb)See rag in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME ragge < OE ragg- (in raggig, ragged) < ON rögg, tuft of hair < IE base *reu-, to tear up > rug, L ruere, to tumble down, rake up, rudis, rough
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noun
Origin: < ?
See rag in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ragge
Origin: , from Old English *ragg
Origin: , from Old Norse *rögg, woven tuft of wool
.transitive verb ragged ragged, rag·ging, rags
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Origin: Origin unknown
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Origin: Origin unknown
.transitive verb ragged ragged, rag·ging, rags
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Origin: Perhaps from ragged
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