RAG DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rag day mean? 

• RAG DAY (noun)
  The noun RAG DAY has 1 sense:

1. a day on which university students hold a rag

  Familiarity information: RAG DAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAG DAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A day on which university students hold a rag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("rag day" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Holonyms ("rag day" is a part of...):

rag; rag week (a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities)