Usually means: Cloth used for cleaning, wiping.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word rag:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. rag: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rag: Merriam-Webster
  3. rag, rag, rag, rag, rag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rag, rag, rag, rag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rag: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rag: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rag, rag, rag: Wordnik
  8. rag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rag: Wiktionary
  10. rag: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rag: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rag, rag: Dictionary.com
  14. rag (n.), rag (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. rag: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. RAG (disambiguation), RAG (student society), RAG, Rag (newspaper), Rag (student society), Rag, The Rag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Rag: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. rag: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. rag: Rhymezone
  20. rag: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. rag: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. RAG: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Rag, Rag: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. rag: FreeDictionary.org
  25. rag: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. rag: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. rag-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  4. Epicurus.com Italian Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Rag (disambiguation), Rag (magazine), Rag (newspaper), rag: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. Rag (cloth), Rag (disambiguation), Rag (magazine), Rag (music), Rag (newspaper), rag: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. RAG: Acronym Finder
  2. RAG: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. rag: Idioms

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rag (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag, rag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. rag: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. R.A.G, R.A.G, rag [ragging], the rag: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rag: Dan's Poker
  2. Rag: Gambling Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
noun:  A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
noun:  (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
noun:  A ragged edge in metalworking.
noun:  (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
noun:  (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
noun:  (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
noun:  (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
noun:  (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
noun:  (slang, obsolete) A banknote.
verb:  (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
verb:  (intransitive) To become tattered.
verb:  (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
noun:  A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
verb:  To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
verb:  To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
verb:  To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
verb:  (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
verb:  To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
noun:  (dated) A prank or practical joke.
noun:  (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
noun:  (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
noun:  A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
verb:  (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
noun:  (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Rag and Famish (“the Army and Navy Club in London, England”)
noun:  (machine learning) Initialism of retrieval-augmented generation: a method of augmenting performance of LLMs (large language models) by serving them a curated selection of data input, via a combination of relevant data libraries and on-the-fly but relevant search results.

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