🧥 Shabby or untidy 👨‍🌾 A rural person 🧽 A cleaning cloth

raggie

9.6

A small piece of cloth used for cleaning

noun

: trapo

After spilling juice, the child grabbed a raggie from the drawer to clean it up.

Examples

He keeps a raggie in his car to clean the windshield when it gets dirty.
She wiped the counter with a damp raggie after cooking dinner.
She used a raggie to clean the table.
I need a raggie to wipe my hands.
She wiped the counter with a damp raggie after cooking dinner.
He keeps a raggie in his car to clean the windshield when it gets dirty.
After spilling juice, the child grabbed a raggie from the drawer to clean it up.

Synonyms

rag

vsraggie

97 1.0

A small piece of old cloth used for cleaning

is any small cloth used for cleaning surfaces not necessarily worn

wipe

vsraggie

35 1.0

A small piece of soft material used for cleaning skin or surfaces

is a small reusable cloth used on surfaces rather than disposable

dishrag

vsraggie

3 1.1

A small cloth for washing plates and pans

is a general surface cleaning piece not limited to dishwashing

cleaning cloth

vsraggie

1 1.0

A small piece of soft material used to wipe surfaces and remove dirt or oil

is a small item used for many routine surface cleaning tasks

oily rag

vsraggie

1 3.4

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

is a plain small cleaning cloth not soaked or intended for oil use

washrag

vsraggie

1 2.7

A small cloth used to wash the face or body

is a surface cleaning piece used on objects not for body washing

wiping cloth

vsraggie

2.1

A piece of cloth for cleaning grease, oil, or dirt in workshops

is the everyday small cleaning piece used on ordinary surfaces

dustrag

vsraggie

3.4

A cloth used to wipe dust from surfaces

is a small cleaning cloth used broadly not only for dust

dustcloth

vsraggie

1.0

A soft cloth used to remove dust from furniture

is the small cleaning cloth used for many tasks beyond dusting

Surface Forms

raggie singular

raggies plural

Morphology

raggie = rag (transparent) = rag + ie

Diminutive/colloquial formation from 'rag' yielding a noun meaning a small rag used for cleaning; meaning aligns directly with the base.

Etymology

Raggie is simply rag ('a torn piece of cloth') with the friendly ending -ie, so it means a small cloth or rag used for cleaning.