rag
Noun
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A small piece of cloth or paper (synset 104053034)
hypernym: piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabrichyponym: pine-tar rag - baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
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A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities (synset 115195833)
domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdompart holonym: rag day - a day on which university students hold a ragsynonym: rag week
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Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) (synset 107074884)
hypernym: dance music - music to dance tosynonym: ragtime
- Newspaper with half-size pages (synset 106278546)
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A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) (synset 100515669)
domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomhypernym: practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
Verb
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Treat cruelly (synset 201806967)
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"hypernym: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronicallyhyponym:
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Cause annoyance in;
Disturb, especially by minor irritations (synset 201791774)"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"hypernym: displease - give displeasure tohyponym:- get, get under one's skin - irritate
- eat into, fret, grate, rankle - gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
- ruffle - trouble or vex
- fret - cause annoyance in
- beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
- antagonise, antagonize - provoke the hostility of
verb group: chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger -
Play in ragtime (synset 201729763)
"rag that old tune"domain category:
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Harass with persistent criticism or carping (synset 200852181)
"The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"hyponym:
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Censure severely or angrily (synset 200826456)
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"hypernym: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flawshyponym:synonym: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce
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Break into lumps before sorting (synset 200339546)
"rag ore"domain category: excavation, mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
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