rag

The word "rag" refers to old clothing that looks bad on the person wearing it, or it could be a cloth that’s used for cleaning.

• Joe made some rags out of old t-shirts and used them to clean his car.
• Do you need a rag to clean up that mess?
• Old towels make good rags.
• The old man walked through the street dressed in tattered rags.
• Martha complains that she has only rags to wear. She wants to buy some new clothes.
• This shirt is practically a rag, but I still like to wear it because it’s comfortable.

It’s possible to use the word "rag" as a verb if a person is complaining to your about something:

• Todd’s wife is always ragging on him to clean the garage.
• The teacher ragged about poor test scores in class this morning.
• Jeanna’s boss is ragging on her to complete an assignment her gave her months ago.

He wiped his hands off with a rag.

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This page was first published on November 18, 2013. It was updated on August 11, 2016.