Ragging - English meaning

Ragging – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.
Usage examples:
The background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below

verb
Make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner.
Usage examples:
He ragged me about not smoking or drinking
Synonims:
Make fun of Poke fun at Chaff Tease Make jokes about Mock Laugh at Guy Satirize Be sarcastic about Deride Ridicule Scoff at Jeer at Jibe at Taunt Bait Goad Pick on Take the mickey out of Send
verb
Rebuke severely.
Usage examples:
I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling key lime pie
verb
Keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time.
Usage examples:
Players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties

noun
A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.
Usage examples:
He wiped his hands on an oily rag

noun
A newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality.
Usage examples:
The local rag

noun
A herd of colts.
Usage examples:
a rag of colts roamed the moorland

noun
A programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity.
Usage examples:
Rag week

noun
A hard, coarse sedimentary rock that can be broken into thick slabs.
Usage examples:
A large country house, built of grey ragstone

noun
A large coarse roofing slate.

noun
A ragtime composition or tune.
Usage examples:
He writes marches, waltzes, and rags

noun
A piece of usually old, torn cloth
Usage examples:
I use these rags for cleaning., they were dressed in rags (= in old, torn pieces of clothing).

Ragging translation into English

Ragging: translate from English into Chinese

衣衫褴褛, 戏耍, 撩

Ragging: translate from English into Dutch

Vodden, Plagen, Jool maken

Ragging: translate from English into French

Déchiqueter, Taquiner, Faire une blague

Ragging: translate from English into German

Zerfetzt, Aufziehen, Foppen, Jdm einen streich spielen

Ragging: translate from English into Hindi

रैगिंग, क्रोध, रोष, उत्पात, उत्साह

Ragging: translate from English into Italian

Prendere in giro, Frantumare

Ragging: translate from English into Korean

야유, 장난

Ragging: translate from English into Russian

Оборванный, Дробление руды

Ragging: translate from English into Spanish

Burla

Word origin

mid 18th century: of unknown origin.

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Ragging – similar words

rag

noun
A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things.
Usage examples:
He wiped his hands on an oily rag

verb
Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag.
Usage examples:
The background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below

noun
A programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity.
Usage examples:
Rag week

Rag - all meanings in English

Ragging synonims

bait

noun
Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey.
Usage examples:
Herrings make excellent bait for pike

verb
Variant spelling of bate1.

noun
An angry mood.
Usage examples:
He got into a stinking bate

Bait - all meanings in English

chaff

noun
The husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing.
Usage examples:
Spikes were threshed and florets (hereafter called seeds) separated from chaff by sieving and force…

verb
Tease.
Usage examples:
The pleasures of drinking and betting and chaffing your mates

noun
The outer layer that is separated from grains such as wheat before they are used as food
Usage examples:
Scientists chaffed at the restriction, saying it would slow down crucial medical research., local r…

Chaff - all meanings in English

deride

verb
Express contempt for; ridicule.
Usage examples:
The decision was derided by environmentalists

Deride - all meanings in English

goad

ɡəʊd

verb
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Usage examples:
He was trying to goad her into a fight

noun
A spiked stick used for driving cattle.
Usage examples:
The ripon report suggests widespread use of sticks and electric goads, and says that some animals h…

Goad - all meanings in English

guy

noun
A man.
Usage examples:
He's a nice guy

verb
Make fun of; ridicule.
Usage examples:
She never stopped guying him about his weight

verb
Secure with a guy or guys.
Usage examples:
It was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable

Guy - all meanings in English

mock

verb
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Usage examples:
Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.
Usage examples:
A mock-georgian red brick house

noun
Make a replica or imitation of something.

Mock - all meanings in English

pick on

phrasal verb
Repeatedly single someone out for criticism or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair.
Usage examples:
No one is picking on you—we're trying to help

phrasal verb
Choose someone or something from a number of alternatives.
Usage examples:
I have a tendency to pick on something small and mull it over for far too long

phrasal verb
To criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly
Usage examples:
He gets picked on because he’s small.

Pick on - all meanings in English

ridicule

noun
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.
Usage examples:
He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb
Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.
Usage examples:
His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun
Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid
Usage examples:
He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

Ridicule - all meanings in English

satirize

verb
Deride and criticize by means of satire.
Usage examples:
The movie satirized the notion of national superiority

Satirize - all meanings in English

send

verb
Cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by post.
Usage examples:
We sent a reminder letter but received no reply

verb
Variant spelling of scend (noun).

verb
The push or surge created by a wave.

Send - all meanings in English

taunt

noun
A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
Usage examples:
Pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes

verb
Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
Usage examples:
Pupils began taunting her about her weight

verb
Harass with persistent criticism or carping

Taunt - all meanings in English

tease

verb
Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.
Usage examples:
I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun
A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.
Usage examples:
Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb
Mock or make fun of playfully

Tease - all meanings in English

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