rag

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning.

   He wiped his oily hands on an old rag.

2. 2
   noun

   Old, torn clothes.

   The beggar was dressed in dirty rags.

3. 3
   noun

   A newspaper, especially one of poor quality.

   You shouldn't believe everything you read in that local rag.

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.

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