ragging

[ rag-ing ]

noun

, Metalworking.

1. (in the rolls of a rolling mill) corrugations affording a grip on a piece being roughed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ragging¹

rag ³ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He was never happier than when bully-ragging the men of his watch, under the plea of efficiency.

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The bully-ragging, long-winded collection letter has no place in self-respecting business.

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Hypatia won't have the chance of ragging you now—she and Miss Trotter have had a bit of a breeze.

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But a man may understand ragging and yet be very far from understanding religious ragging.

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"They're always ragging me—I mean the professional racers and motor men," he avowed, in a burst of resentful confidence.

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Related Words

• admonition
• censure
• rebuke