rages

noun

a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

newspaper with half-size pages

music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

a small piece of cloth or paper

verb

break into lumps before sorting

censure severely or angrily

harass with persistent criticism or carping

play in ragtime

cause annoyance in

treat cruelly

Roots

rabererage- · Latin · to be mad, rave

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