Definition of ragging

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Last edited on Nov 10 2025. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 10 2025.

adjective

A nasty or mean female
She is such a rag to her boyfriend.

Last edited on Aug 05 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 05 2015.

noun

menstrual period.
My rag is really heavy this month.
She is such a rag to her boyfriend.
- See more words with the same meaning: menstruation, menstrual period (related to).
Last edited on Aug 05 2015. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Nov 12 1997.
someone who complains frequently.
You are such a rag!
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Jan 14 1998. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 14 1998.
newspaper or magazine.
I read rags.
- See more words with the same meaning: newspaper, magazine.
Last edited on Apr 23 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

verb - intransitive

to menstruate. See also on the rag.
I've been ragging since Tuesday, and I feel horrible!
- See more words with the same meaning: menstruation, menstrual period (related to).
Last edited on Nov 12 1997. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Nov 12 1997.

verb - transitive

to criticize. Also rag on.
She's been ragging me about getting a job.
Stop ragging on me!
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Oct 21 1997. Submitted by Irram F. on Oct 21 1997.
to stain with menses.
Oh, man, I ragged my pants.
- See more words with the same meaning: menstruation, menstrual period (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: stain.
Last edited on Nov 12 1997. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Nov 12 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'menstruation, menstrual period (related to)':
cousin Red	Definitions include: see Aunt Flo and cousin Red.
ride the cotton pony	Definitions include: to menstruate.
Aunt Flo	Definitions include: menstrual period.
on the rag	Definitions include: to menstruate.
shark week	Definitions include: the period during which a woman is menstruating.
get (one's) redwings	Definitions include: To have sex with a female during her period.
delicate	Definitions include: on one's period.
Aunt Flo and cousin Red	Definitions include: menstrual period.
women's trouble	Definitions include: menstrual period and associated symptoms.
surf the crimson wave	Definitions include: to menstruate.
time of the month	Definitions include: a menstrual period.
have the painters in	Definitions include: to be menstruating.
crimson wave	Definitions include: the menstrual flow.
on the blob	Definitions include: having one's menstrual period.
late	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "later", i.e. "goodbye".
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Other terms relating to 'newspaper, magazine':
funny papers	Definitions include: the section of a newspaper containing comics.
hatchet job	Definitions include: a published article designed only to destroy a reputation.
MSM	Definitions include: acronym for "main-stream media."
hed	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "headline".
Other terms relating to 'stain':
skid	Definitions include: an unkempt person.
skid mark	Definitions include: feces stains on underwear.
Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize':
crack on	Definitions include: to make fun of.
*on (one's) ss**	Definitions include: to focus negative attention on a person, e.g. by insulting, berating, or generally harassing someone.
slag off	Definitions include: to insult.
ream	Definitions include: to yell at.
bust balls	Definitions include: to complain, scold, or nag.
hit back	Definitions include: to respond to an insult or criticism with the same.
dog	Definitions include: a friend.
slam book	Definitions include: a paper notebook passed between peers at a school, in which they write mean things about classmates and others.
rip	Definitions include: a rip-off.
crap	Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit."
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
dis	Definitions include: to insult.
zwa	Definitions include: exclamation used in response to a burn or an instance of outsmarting someone.
diss	Definitions include: spelling variant of dis.
carry	Definitions include: being carried is a type of sarcasm.
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Other terms relating to 'rag':
de-funk and re-rag	Definitions include: to take a shower and change clothes.
do-rag	Definitions include: a bandana.
from rags to riches	Definitions include: to go from extreme poverty to wealth.
jam rag	Definitions include: a used sanitary napkin.
jizz rag	Definitions include: a piece of clothing or fabric used to contain the jizz (semen) ejaculated from masturbation.
on the rag	Definitions include: to menstruate.
raging	Definitions include: extreme.
rag on	Definitions include: to complain, bitch, or whine.
rags	Definitions include: clothes.
red ragger	Definitions include: a member of the Bloods gang.
snot rag	Definitions include: a tissue or handkerchief.
solja rags	Definitions include: simply a bandana with camouflage
spank rag	Definitions include: a piece of shit person.

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