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ragging on

ragging on is the present participle and gerund of rag on.

Meaning of rag on

Verb

rag on (third-person singular simple present rags on, present participle ragging on, simple past and past participle ragged on)

  1. (Canada, US, transitive) To ridicule, to make fun of (someone).
    • Spencer knew his second homer—a two-run drive in the Yankee’s five-run eighth—was gone well before it landed in the second deck in left field.[…] “They were ragging on me because the first one was close,” Spencer said.1998, Rafael Hermoso, “Spencer leads subs’ assault”, in New York Daily News, editor, Yankees ’98: Best Ever, →ISBN, page 93

Questions about ragging on

What is ragging on the present participle and gerund of?
Ragging on is the present participle and gerund of rag on.

Words near ragging on in the dictionary

  1. raggies
  2. raggiest
  3. ragginess
  4. ragging
  5. ragging off
  6. ragging on
  7. ragging out
  8. raggings
  9. Raggio
  10. Raggios
  11. raggle

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