v. 1
To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast, or unsympathetic manner.
v. 2
To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
n. 1
Tattered clothes (clothing).
—What a pretty dress! —What, this old rag?
n. 2
A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

Related words

Word family: ragbag ragged ragi raghead ragleaf ragman ragpick ragpicker
Phrases: lose one's rag rag week fag rag on the rag boiled rag chew the rag main rag shaving rag
Is a kind of: dress

Forms

lambast His critics lambast the President for his lack of diplomatic skills.
devil Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: tag¹, jaw¹, cod¹, dun¹, vex¹
4 letters: beat¹, ride¹, bait¹, mock¹, twit, narc¹, rile¹, razz
5 letters: rough¹, sheet¹, devil², rally², tease¹, annoy², shred¹, taunt¹, scold¹, chafe¹, chide¹
6 letters: bother², gravel², rebuke², thrash¹, nettle², berate², tatter²
7 letters: lecture², torment², tabloid², crucify³, ragtime², trounce¹, lambast, bedevil³
8 letters: irritate³, lamblast
9 letters: newspaper³, frustrate², reprimand³, tantalize³, tantalise
10 letters: vituperate
11 letters: remonstrate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devil² = 2 syllables).