Definition of Ragging

1. Verb. (present participle of rag) ¹

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Definition of Ragging

1. rag [v] - See also: rag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragging

raggedest
raggedier
raggediest
raggedly
raggedness
raggednesses
raggedy
raggee
raggees
raggeries
raggery
raggie
raggier
raggies
raggiest
ragging (current term)
raggings
raggle
raggle-taggle
raggled
raggles
raggling
raggs
raggy
raghead
ragheads
raghorn
raghorns
ragi
raging

Literary usage of Ragging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"ragging Marks: ragging leaves protrusions on the surface of the steel, and sometimes these are lapped over, showing in the finished steel in irregular seams ..."

2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"ragging Marks: ragging leaves protrusions on the surface of the steel, and sometimes these are lapped over, showing in the finished steel in irregular seams ..."

3. A Treatise on Concentration of All Kinds of Ores: Including the Chlorination by Guido Küstel (1868)
"The principal object here is the continuation of dressing by ragging, spalling and cobbing ... A. The ragging is performed by steel-headed ragging hammers, ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1810)
"... d.ragging along the field (*hich was of ba.rley) for sonic seconds, it brought them to anchor in a INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE . ..."

5. Sunshine and Surf: A Year's Wanderings in the South Seas by Douglas B. Hall, Albert Osborne (1901)
"... —ragging the Consul —A friend of Stevenson's—Off for the Cook Islands. THE Protet, so we learnt, reached Papeete in time for the 14th July, ..."

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