Urdu Meanings, Pronounciation and Synonyms:
rag
(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ )
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Verb Forms: (rag, ragged, ragging)
Noun: rag
| 1. rag [ Synonyms: shred, tag, tag end, tatter] | |
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A small piece of cloth or paper
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جھالر۔ دھجی۔ پرانا کپڑا۔ کاغذ یا کپڑے کا ٹکڑا۔ کاغذ یا کپڑے کا چہوٹا سا ٹکڑا۔ کپڑے کی دھجی۔ چیتھڑا۔ |
| 2. rag [ Synonyms: rag week] | |
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A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
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| 3. rag [ Synonyms: ragtime] | |
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Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
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شور و غل والی موسیقی۔ تیز سروں میں تیز تال کے ساتھ بجائی جانے والی موسیقی۔ |
| 4. rag [ Synonyms: sheet, tabloid] | |
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Newspaper with half-size pages
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| 5. rag | |
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A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
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Verb: rag
| 1. rag [ Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment] | |
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Treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher";
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تکلیف دینا۔ اذیت دینا ۔ |
| 2. rag [ Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex] | |
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Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves";
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تنگ کرنا
۔ پریشان کرنا ۔ |
| 3. rag | |
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Play in ragtime
"rag that old tune";
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| 4. rag [ Synonyms: bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit] | |
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Harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie";
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طعنہ دینا
۔ طنز کرنا ۔ |
| 5. rag [ Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce] | |
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Censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";
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سرزنش کرنا
۔ جھاڑنا ۔ لتاڑنا ۔ ڈانٹنا ۔ |
| 6. rag | |
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Break into lumps before sorting
"rag ore";
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Lexical Analysis
Derived Words:
annoyance, annoyer, bedevilment, bother, botheration, chiding, crucifixion, devilment, devilry, deviltry, frustration, irritant, irritation, lecture, rag, razzing, rebuke, rebuker, reprimand, scolder, scolding, shred, tantaliser, tantalization, tantalizer, tantalus, taunt, taunting, tease, teaser, teasing, torment, tormenter, tormentor, twit, vexation, vexer
Generic Words:
bemock, beset, break up, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, criticise, criticize, dance music, displease, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, harass, harry, hassle, hebdomad, knock, mock, molest, newspaper, paper, pick apart, piece of cloth, piece of material, plague, play, practical joke, provoke, spiel, week
Specific Words:
antagonise, antagonize, badger, banter, barrack, beleaguer, beset, brush down, bug, castigate, chaff, chasten, chastise, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, correct, eat into, flout, fret, get, get under one's skin, gibe, grate, hamstring, harass, harry, hassle, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, madden, molest, objurgate, oppress, peeve, persecute, pester, pine-tar rag, plague, provoke, rankle, ruffle, scoff, tease, tell off
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