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

Mulaney turned his trip to rehab into material, ragging on himself by recounting stories from the height of his addiction, such as an intervention staged by A-lister friends of his.

From Salon

“I was kind of ragging him a little bit,” Judge said.

From Washington Post

We’ve all spent so much time ragging on Twitter and not really liking Twitter.

From Seattle Times

“With me ragging on him for the entire book — a lot of that stuff was stuff I was feeling, and the book was a way to get it out,” Leggero muses.

From Los Angeles Times

Bolcom’s prismatic “Twelve New Etudes for Piano” — which contained a crucial dollop of ragging energy — won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1988.

From New York Times

Related Words

• admonition
• censure
• rebuke