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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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.