noun
plural rags
[count] :a piece of cloth that is old and no longer in good condition :a scrap of cloth
rags [plural]
a informal :clothes
clothing that is in poor condition
[count] informal :a newspaper of poor quality
[count] :a piece of ragtime music
a red rag to a bull
chew the rag
from rags to riches
from being poor to being wealthy :from a state of having very little money to a state of having a lot of money
verb
rags; ragged; ragging
informal :to laugh at and make jokes about (someone) [+ obj]