Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 20 compound words that contain rags. The most common are listed below. Open rags in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- rags to richesFrom poverty to exceptional wealth.
- rags and tattersvery old, torn clothes
- glad ragsFormal attire, dress clothes.
- riches to ragsFrom exceptional wealth to poverty.
- bean ragsplural of bean rag: A pennant displayed on a ship at mealtimes.
- coral ragsplural of coral rag: A rubbly limestone composed of ancient coral reef material, sometimes used locally in building.
- head ragsplural of head rag: A head covering comprising a piece of cloth wound around the head and knotted in the front, often associated with African American women.
- main ragsplural of main rag: The curtain or curtains at the very front of the stage, separating it from the house.
- oily ragsplural of oily rag: An employee in a menial, unskilled role in a factory or workshop.
- rags offthird-person singular simple present indicative of rag off: To finish (the painting of a wall etc.) by rolling a rag over a coat of paint or glaze.
- rags outthird-person singular simple present indicative of rag out: To dress up.
- red ragsplural of red rag: Something that will enrage another particular person.
- shaving ragsplural of shaving rag: A cloth designed to cover the chest of a person during shaving.
- toe ragsplural of toe rag: Alternative form of toerag (“tramp”).
- wet ragsplural of wet rag: A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.
- snot ragsplural of snot rag: A handkerchief.
- Kentish ragsplural of Kentish rag: A rough fossiliferous limestone found in Kent.
- part brass ragsTo quarrel; to cease to be on friendly terms.
- parts brass ragsthird-person singular simple present indicative of part brass rags: To quarrel; to cease to be on friendly terms.
- rags the puckthird-person singular simple present indicative of rag the puck: To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time.
- parting brass ragspresent participle and gerund of part brass rags
- parted brass ragssimple past and past participle of part brass rags
- red rags to bullsplural of red rag to a bull: Something that will enrage another particular person.
- red rags to a bullplural of red rag to a bull: Something that will enrage another particular person.
- boiled ragsplural of boiled rag: A freshly laundered white shirt.
Compound words 20
- RagsdaleA surname.
- gladragsAlternative form of glad rags: Formal attire, dress clothes.
- ballyragsthird-person singular simple present indicative of ballyrag: To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
- bullyragsthird-person singular simple present indicative of bullyrag: To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
- defragsthird-person singular simple present indicative of defrag: To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
- dishragsplural of dishrag: Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).
- dustragsplural of dustrag: A dustcloth
- headragsplural of headrag: A head covering comprising a piece of cloth wound around the head and knotted in the front, often associated with African American women.
- Ragsdalesplural of Ragsdale: A surname.
- ragstonesplural of ragstone: Stone that is quarried in thin pieces.