rag
English
/ɹæɡ/
noun
Definitions
- (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
- A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
- (nautical) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- (slang) A newspaper, magazine.
- (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ragge inherited from Old English *ragg derived from Old Norse rǫgg (shagginess, tuft).
Origin
Old Norse
rǫgg
Gloss
shagginess, tuft
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- bag English
- bond English
- cum English
- cumrag English
- dish English
- dishrag English
- do English
- do-rag English
- dust English
- dustrag English
- head English
- head rag English
- horn English
- jizz English
- jizzrag English
- leaf English
- man English
- pick English
- picker English
- rag week English
- ragbag English
- ragbond English
- ragger English
- raggie English
- ragginess English
- raggle English
- raggy English
- raghead English
- raghorn English
- ragleaf English
- raglike English
- ragman English
- ragpick English
- ragpicker English
- ragstone English
- ragtop English
- ragweed English
- ragwork English
- ragworm English
- ragwort English
- shake English
- shakerag English
- snot English
- snotrag English
- stab English
- stab-rag English
- stone English
- tag English
- tag-rag English
- toe English
- toerag English
- top English
- wash English
- washrag English
- weed English
- week English
- work English
- worm English
- wort English
- *rawwō Proto-Germanic
- *rūhaz Proto-Germanic
- ragg Swedish
- raggmunk Swedish
- ragg Norwegian Nynorsk
- *ragg Old English
- ragge Middle English
- ragged Middle English
- raggy Middle English
- rugged Middle English
- rǫgg Old Norse
- do
- top
- bag
- tag
- cum
- man
- toe
- wort
- bond
- stab
- jizz
- dust
- week
- dish
- horn
- head
- snot
- leaf
- worm
- work
- weed
- wash
- pick
- shake
- raggy
- stone
- ragman
- picker
- ragbag
- raggle
- cumrag
- raggie
- ragtop
- toerag
- do-rag
- ragger
- ragweed
- ragpick
- snotrag
- raghead
- ragwork
- washrag
- ragleaf
- ragbond
- dustrag
- ragwort
- raglike
- raghorn
- jizzrag
- dishrag
- ragworm
- tag-rag
- ragstone
- head rag
- shakerag
- stab-rag
- rag week
- ragginess
- ragpicker