RAG

• (noun) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

• (noun) a small piece of cloth or paper

  synonyms : shred , tag , tag end , tatter

• (noun) newspaper with half-size pages

  synonyms : sheet , tabloid

• (noun) music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

  synonyms : ragtime

• (noun) a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

  synonyms : rag week

• (verb) break into lumps before sorting

  "rag ore"

• (verb) censure severely or angrily

  "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"

  synonyms : 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 , reproof , scold , take to task , trounce

  please, i have absolutely no desire to be the object of her berating all night long. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping

  "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"

  synonyms : bait , cod , rally , razz , ride , tantalise , tantalize , taunt , tease , twit

  Don't tantalize the kid with chocolate -added by vindos

  "i must say that all this baiting has not been improving my opinion of you in any way." -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) play in ragtime

  "rag that old tune"

• (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

  "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me", "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

  synonyms : annoy , bother , chafe , devil , get at , get to , gravel , irritate , nark , nettle , rile , vex

  The youngsters were chafed due the rising unemployment caused by the new economic politics of the state. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  "Her harsh response riled the teacher" -added by sradha_inlas

• (verb) treat cruelly

  "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

  synonyms : bedevil , crucify , dun , frustrate , torment

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