"red rag" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: red rags [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of red rag to a bull. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|en|red rag to a bull}} Ellipsis of red rag to a bull Head templates: {{en-noun}} red rag (plural red rags)
  1. (figurative) Something that will enrage another particular person. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Anger Translations (something that will enrage another particular person): punainen vaate [idiomatic] (Finnish), chiffon rouge [masculine] (French), rotes Tuch [neuter] (German), vörös posztó (Hungarian), alquanto provocatorio [masculine] (Italian), provocazione [feminine] (Italian), czerwona płachta [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-red_rag-en-noun-qtTNW535 Disambiguation of Anger: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'something that will enrage another particular person': 89 11
  2. (obsolete, slang, derogatory) A person's tongue. Tags: derogatory, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-red_rag-en-noun-JXg8UMaW Disambiguation of Anger: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pet peeve

Inflected forms

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