Ragging meaning : To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag. To become tattered. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. To dance to ragtime music. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song. The act of one who rags or teases. An initiation in educational institutions (e.g. universities) usually involving harassment by upperclassmen.