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      rag
      noun
      (especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
      A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
      (slang, derogatory) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
      (singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
      (derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
      (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
      A ragged edge in metalworking.
      (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
      A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
      (typography) An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
      A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
      (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
      (slang, theater) A curtain of various kinds.
      (machine learning) Initialism of retrieval-augmented generation: a method of augmenting performance of LLMs (large language models) by serving them a curated selection of data input, via a combination of relevant data libraries and on-the-fly but relevant search results.
      (dated) A prank or practical joke.
      (slang, obsolete) A banknote.
      (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
      (dated) A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
      (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Rag and Famish (“the Army and Navy Club in London, England”).
      verb
      To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
      To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
      (intransitive) To become tattered.
      (British slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
      (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
      (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
      (transitive) To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
      To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
      To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
      (intransitive, vulgar, slang, sometimes euphemistic) To menstruate.
      (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
      Synonyms for rag
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