rag (1)EnglishOxford English Thesaurusrag1 noun 1 he wiped his hands on an oily rag: piece of cloth, bit/scrap/fragment of cloth, cloth; North American, informal schmatte; archaic clout. 2 (rags) a man dressed in rags: tattered clothes, torn clothing, tatters, old clothes, cast-offs, hand-me-downs.rag (1) Oxford Dictionary of English