rags is a form of:
Rag
noun
- 1.
- (a torn or frayed or worn piece of woven material; a small cloth for dusting, washing, etc. an instance of ragging) dust rag កន្ទប (សម្រាប់ជូតតុទូជាដើម), in rags រហែករយ៉េរយ៉ៃ
verb — past tense: ragged ; past participle: ragged ; present participle: ragging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to play practical jokes on) បញ្ជោតលេង
- rag picker
- អ្នកលក់សំពត់រហែករយ៉េរយ៉ៃ ឬ អ្នកលក់សំបកដប
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
- 2.
- Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
- 3.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- 4.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
- 5.
- A ragged edge.
- 6.
- A sail, or any piece of canvas.
verb — past tense: ragged ; past participle: ragged ; present participle: ragging ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become tattered.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.