🧽 A cleaning cloth 📰 A cheap newspaper 🎉 A charity event 🎹 A ragtime song 🎹 To play ragtime 😜 A practical joke 😏 To tease

rag

5 9.1

A time at university when students dress up and parade to raise money

noun
/ræɡ/

Jargon

: semana benéfica

Marmee gave me the rag money this month.

Examples

During the annual rag at the university, students dressed in colorful outfits for the parade.
A whole month's rag money?

Little Women (1994)
Welcome to the OB Rag - Ocean Beach & Beyond

Blog text (6)
During the days, Zenie brought Florence into her home in "Shake Rag," the black section of town.

Blog text (14)
The "OB Rag" logo is on the front and "The Green OB" is on the back.

Blog text (6)
The students organized a grand rag last week to support local charities.
Many universities host a rag every spring to raise money for various charitable causes.

Synonyms

rag week

vsrag

9.1

A week when students hold events to raise money for charity

is a broader period not limited to seven days

Idioms

on the rag

Slur

5 9.9

A woman who is having her period, said in a rude way

to feel like a wet rag

8.6

To be very tired and weak after hard effort

Compounds

rag doll

4 2.0

A cloth doll filled with stuffing and with a painted or stitched face

rag doll

Specialized

2 5.8

In video games, a character that falls limp and moves like a cloth doll

oily rag

1 3.4

A piece of cloth soaked in oil used to clean or shine things

toe rag

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is very unpleasant and treats others badly

snot rag

Offensive

1 9.9

A rude word for a piece of cloth or paper used to wipe your nose

rag bag

1 7.1

A messy mix of things that do not belong together

rag paper

Specialized

1 7.5

A sheet people make from old cloth that lasts a long time

rag trade

1 4.9

A business that makes and sells fashionable clothes

fag rag

Slur

9.9

An insulting name for a magazine about gay or lesbian culture

rag day

6.7

A day often at a university when students hold fun events to raise money for charity

rag gourd

Indian

9.3

A tropical climbing plant with big yellow flowers, edible young fruits, and a dry inside used as a sponge

rag week

9.1

A week when students hold events to raise money for charity

red rag

8.3

A comment or act that makes someone very angry, especially if they are already upset

pine-tar rag

Jargon

8.7

A cloth soaked in pine tar that batters rub on a bat handle to help them hold it better

tag and rag

Jargon

9.8

A method of marking people and keeping records to check safety and how well work is done

wet rag

Offensive

8.5

A person who is dull and has little energy or interest

Surface Forms

rag singular

rags plural

Etymology

Rag for the student charity week may come from an old habit of students dressing in rags and begging to raise money, so the word came to mean the week of parades and fundraising.