RAG

Rag

University Rag societies are student-run charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Most universities in the UK and Ireland, as well as some in South Africa and the Netherlands have a Rag. In some universities Rags are known as Charities Campaigns, Charity Appeals, Charity Kommittees, or Karnivals, but they all share many attributes.

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rag

Noun

  1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Tattered clothes.
  2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
  3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
  5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  6. A newspaper, magazine.
  7. A card that appears to help no one.
  8. A low card.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A prank or practical joke.
  2. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
  2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

Verb

  1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To become tattered.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
  2. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
  3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.


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