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Rags

/ɹæɡz/

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noun

  1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
  2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
  3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
  5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  6. A newspaper, magazine.
  7. A poor, low-ranking kicker.

verb

  1. To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
  2. To become tattered.

noun

  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

verb

  1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

noun

  1. A prank or practical joke.
  2. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

verb

  1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
  2. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
  3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

noun

  1. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
  2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

verb

  1. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
  2. To dance to ragtime music.
  3. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

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Rags is a 8-meaning word in English. Shorter words have fewer anagrams.

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