rag (2) — OAT

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verb

the President is now ragged mercilessly on national television:

make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, tease, make jokes about, mock, laugh at, guy, satirize, be sarcastic about;

deride, ridicule, scoff at, jeer at, jibe at;

taunt, bait, goad, pick on;

informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, wind up, have on, pull someone's leg, make a monkey of;

North American, informal goof on, rag on, put on, pull someone's chain, razz, fun, shuck;

Australian, New Zealand, informal poke mullock at, poke borak at, sling off at, chiack;

Cricket, informal sledge;

British, vulgar slang take the piss out of;

British, informal , dated rot;

dated make sport of, twit;

archaic quiz, smoke, flout at, rally.

noun

British

students caused a ninety-minute traffic jam during their rag week:

fundraising event, charity event, charitable event, collection.