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Synonyms of the word 
RAG → ANNOY - BAIT - BEDEVIL - BEMOCK - BERATE - BESET - BOTHER - CHAFE - CHEVY - CHIDE - CHIVVY - CHIVY - COD - CRITICISE - CRITICIZE - CRUCIFY - DEVIL - DISPLEASE - DUN - FRAGMENT - FRAGMENTISE - FRAGMENTIZE - FRUSTRATE - GRAVEL - HARASS - HARRY - HASSLE - HEBDOMAD - IRRITATE - JAW - KNOCK - LAMBAST - LAMBASTE - LECTURE - MOCK - MOLEST - NARK - NETTLE - NEWSPAPER - PAPER - PLAGUE - PLAY - PROVOKE - RAGTIME - RALLY - RAZZ - REBUKE - REMONSTRATE - REPRIMAND - REPROOF - RIDE - RILE - SCOLD - SHEET - SHRED - SPIEL - TABLOID - TAG - TANTALISE - TANTALIZE - TATTER - TAUNT - TEASE - TORMENT - TROUNCE - TWIT - VEX - WEEKrag- n. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
- n. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
- n. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- n. A ragged edge in metalworking.
- n. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- n. (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
- n. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- v. (intransitive) To become tattered.
- n. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- v. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- v. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- v. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
- v. (Britain slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
- v. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- v. (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
- n. (dated) A prank or practical joke.
- n. (Britain, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- n. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
- n. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- v. (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- v. (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
annoy- v. (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant…
- v. (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
- v. (transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
- n. (now rare, literary) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
- n. (now rare, literary) That which causes such a feeling.
bait- n. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare,…
- n. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- n. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
- n. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- n. A light or hasty luncheon.
- v. (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- v. (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- v. (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- v. (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- v. (transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
- v. (intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
- v. (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops…
bedevil- v. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- v. To perplex or bewilder.
bemock- v. (archaic) To ridicule or mock.
- v. (transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
- v. (transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
berate- v. (transitive) to chide or scold vehemently.
beset- v. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
- v. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides.
- v. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
- v. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
bother- v. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- v. (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- v. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
- n. Fuss, ado.
- n. Trouble, inconvenience.
- interj. A mild expression of annoyance.
chafe- n. Heat excited by friction.
- n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
- n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- n. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
- v. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- v. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- v. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- v. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- v. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- v. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
chevy- n. A hunt or pursuit.
- n. A cry used in hunting.
- n. The game of prisoners' bars.
- v. to hunt or chase.
chide- v. (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
chivvy- v. To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
- v. To coerce, as by persistent request.
- v. To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
- v. To pursue as in a hunt.
- n. A goad.
chivy- n. A hunt or chase.
- n. A hunting cry.
- v. (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
- v. (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
- v. (intransitive) To scurry.
cod- n. (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
- n. (Britain, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
- n. (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).
- n. (obsolete or Britain dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.
- n. The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.
- n. The sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, as inclusive of the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)and Greenland…
- n. The sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and…
- n. (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries,…
- n. (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock…
- n. A joke or an imitation.
- n. A stupid or foolish person.
- adj. Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
- v. (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.
criticise- v. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.
- v. To find fault (with something).
criticize- v. To find fault (with something).
- v. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
crucify- v. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- v. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
- v. (informal) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
devil- n. (theology) A creature of hell.
- n. (theology) (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
- n. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- n. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous…
- n. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- n. (euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- n. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil…
- n. A dust devil.
- n. (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
- n. (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- n. (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- n. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- n. A Tasmanian devil.
- n. (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- v. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- v. To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
- v. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- v. To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- v. To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- v. To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and…
displease- v. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend;…
- v. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- v. To give displeasure or offense.
dun- n. A brownish grey colour.
- adj. Of a brownish grey colour.
- n. (countable) A collector of debts.
- n. An urgent request or demand of payment.
- v. (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
- v. (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
- n. (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
- n. (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
- n. An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
- n. (archeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded…
- v. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
- v. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of don't: Contraction of do + not.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered…
- n. A mound or small hill.
- interj. (humorous) Imitating suspenseful music.
fragment- n. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
- n. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
- n. (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- v. (intransitive) To break apart.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- v. (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
fragmentise- v. Alternative form of fragmentize.
fragmentize- v. (transitive) To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
- v. (intransitive) To fall into or become separated into fragments.
frustrate- v. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- v. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
- v. (transitive) To cause stress or panic.
- adj. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.
gravel- n. (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.
- n. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
- n. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- n. (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the…
- v. (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
- v. To puzzle or annoy.
- v. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
- v. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
- v. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
harass- v. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
- v. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
- v. To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
- n. (obsolete) devastation; waste.
- n. (obsolete) worry; harassment.
harry- v. (transitive) To harass, stress, badger, bother; to distress, trouble, or tire with demands, threats, or…
- v. To strip; to lay waste.
hassle- n. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
- n. A fight or argument.
- n. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
- v. To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- v. To pick a fight or start an argument.
hebdomad- n. A group of seven.
- n. A period of seven days, a week.
- n. (Gnosticism) A group of seven superhuman beings.
irritate- v. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
- v. (transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.
- v. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- v. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
- v. (obsolete) To render null and void.
jaw- n. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- n. The part of the face below the mouth.
- n. (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth…
- n. A notch or opening.
- n. A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- n. One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing…
- n. (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- n. (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
- n. (slang) Axle guard.
- n. (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- v. (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- v. (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- v. (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- v. (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- adj. (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump).
knock- n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- n. An impact.
- n. (figuratively) criticism.
- n. (cricket) a batsman's innings.
- n. (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by…
- n. (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock.
- v. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- v. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
- v. (colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
- v. (soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
- v. (slang, dated, Britain) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
lambast- v. (Britain) Alternative form of lambaste.
lambaste- v. To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- v. (dated) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
lecture- n. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
- n. A berating or scolding.
- n. (obsolete) The act of reading.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
- v. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
mock- n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- n. Mockery, the act of mocking.
- n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
- v. To mimic, to simulate.
- v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
- v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake.
molest- v. To annoy intentionally.
- v. To disturb or tamper with.
- v. To sexually abuse, especially a minor.
nark- n. (Britain, slang) A police spy or informer.
- n. (Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others; a spoilsport.
- v. (transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- v. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- v. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
- n. Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer).
nettle- n. Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
- n. Certain plants that have spines or prickles.
- n. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica.
- n. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
- v. (literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.
- v. (figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.
newspaper- n. (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality…
- n. (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
- v. (transitive) To cover with newspaper.
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) to harass in newspaper articles.
paper- n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by…
- n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- n. (uncountable) Wallpaper.
- n. (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
- n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses…
- n. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written…
- n. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review…
- n. A scholastic essay.
- n. (slang) Money.
- n. (New Zealand) A university course.
- n. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- n. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- adj. Made of paper.
- adj. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper).
- adj. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper).
- v. (transitive) To apply paper to.
- v. (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- v. (transitive) To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.
- v. (transitive) To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).
plague- n. (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused…
- n. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- n. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- n. A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- v. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- v. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
play- v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
- v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
- v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
- v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
- v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
- v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
- v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
- v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
- v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
- n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
- n. The conduct, or course of a game.
- n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
- n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- n. (countable) A major move by a business.
- n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
- n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
- n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
- n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
provoke- v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
- v. (obsolete) To appeal.
ragtime- n. (music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody…
- n. (music, countable) A piece of music in this style.
rally- n. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause.
- n. (squash (sport), table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a…
- n. (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals…
- n. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
- v. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- v. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight;…
- v. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
- v. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
- v. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- n. Good-humoured raillery.
razz- n. (poker) A version of seven card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball).
- v. (informal) To tease playfully; to heckle.
- v. (informal) (Newfoundland) To drive an automobile around.
rebuke- n. A harsh criticism.
- v. To criticise harshly; to reprove.
remonstrate- v. (intransitive) To object; to express disapproval (with, against).
- v. (intransitive, chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of…
- v. (transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state…
- v. To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
reprimand- n. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
- v. To reprove in a formal or official way.
reproof- n. An act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.
- v. To proof again.
ride- v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle…
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such…
- v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- n. An instance of riding.
- n. (informal) A vehicle.
- n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- n. (Britain) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- n. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
- n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
rile- v. to make angry.
- v. to stir or move from a state of calm or order.
scold- n. A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- v. To rebuke.
sheet- n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping,…
- n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
- v. Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
- v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
shred- n. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
- n. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
- v. To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To lop; to prune; to trim.
- v. (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
- v. (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
- v. (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
spiel- n. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
- n. A fast excuse or sales pitch.
- n. An early form of rap music.
- v. To talk at length.
- n. A game of curling.
tabloid- n. (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that…
- n. (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
- adj. In the format of a tabloid.
- adj. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
tag- n. A small label.
- n. A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the…
- n. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- n. A type of cardboard.
- n. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- n. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- n. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").
- n. (chiefly US) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- n. (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- n. (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- n. (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information…
- n. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- n. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
- n. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- n. Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
- n. A sheep in its first year.
- n. (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify,…
- n. (slang) A person's name.
- v. (transitive) To label (something).
- v. (transitive, graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
- v. (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- v. (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- v. (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- v. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- v. (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- v. (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- v. To fasten; to attach.
- n. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
tantalise- v. Alternative spelling of tantalize.
tantalize- v. (transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach.
- v. (transitive) to bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
tatter- n. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
- n. A person engaged in tatting.
- v. To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.
taunt- v. to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
- n. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
- adj. (nautical) Very high or tall.
tease- v. To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
- v. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- v. To back-comb.
- v. (transitive) To poke fun at.
- v. (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- v. (transitive) To entice, to tempt.
- v. (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
- n. One who teases.
- n. A single act of teasing.
- n. A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.
torment- n. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- n. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- n. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
- v. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
trounce- v. (transitive) to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily.
- v. (transitive) to punish.
- v. (transitive) to beat severely; thrash.
twit- v. (transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- v. (transitive, computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
- n. A reproach, gibe or taunt.
- n. A foolish or annoying person.
vex- v. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- v. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- v. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- v. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
- v. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
week- n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
- n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days…
- n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
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