Rag
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner. To haze, use physical violence in school setting.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture. A ragged edge. A sail, or any piece of canvas. A piece of ragtime music. A newspaper, magazine. A card that appears to help no one. A low card
Example sentence: It has long been known that if you want to see me turn into a raging, snarling beast, then all you have to do is use any combination of the words 'chill out,' 'chilling,' or - my maximum red rag - 'chillax.'
Tabloid
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: In the format of a tabloid.Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
Example sentence: A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on.