rag

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Tattered clothes (clothing).
2. 2
   A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
3. 3
   A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.
4. 4
   A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. 5
   A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. 6
   Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
7. 7
   A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
8. 8
   A poor, low-ranking kicker.
9. 9
   A curtain of various kinds.
10. 10
    A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.
11. 11
    A banknote.
12. 12
    An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).
13. 13
    A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
14. 14
    A prank or practical joke.
15. 15
    A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
16. 16
    An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
17. 17
    A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
18. 18
    Initialism of retrieval-augmented generation: a method of augmenting performance of LLMs (large language models) by serving them a curated selection of data input, via a combination of relevant data libraries and on-the-fly but relevant search results.

Verb

1. 1
   To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. 2
   To become tattered.
3. 3
   To menstruate.
4. 4
   To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
5. 5
   To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
6. 6
   To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
7. 7
   To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
8. 8
   To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
9. 9
   To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
10. 10
    To dance to ragtime music.
11. 11
    To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Synonym of Rag and Famish (“the Army and Navy Club in London, England”).