English Explanatory Dictionary

rag week

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
noun
  1. The days of the month when a woman has her period.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rag week.wav

Word forms

rag week rag weeks

Etymology

From rag (“university students society run for charitable fundraising”) + week, possibly from the verb rag (“tease; torment; banter”).

Synonyms

menstrual period monthly friend monthly visitor

Related words

rag day
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on R Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary