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taunt, tease, tantalize, bait, ride, rag, rally, razz, cod, tantalise, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping | |
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rag, ragtime | music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) | |
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rag | a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) | |
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rag, rag week | a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities | |
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rag, tag, shred, tag end, tatter | a small piece of cloth or paper | |
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rebuke, scold, chide, berate, lecture, dress down, rag, reprimand, call on the carpet, take to task, trounce, reproof, jaw, call down, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily | |
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crucify, torment, dun, rag, bedevil, frustrate | treat cruelly | |
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bother, annoy, irritate, vex, rag, get to, chafe, gravel, nark, rile, devil, get at, nettle | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | |
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rag | [in mining] break into lumps before sorting | |
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rag | [in music] play in ragtime | |
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rag, sheet, tabloid | newspaper with half-size pages |