hazing

American  

[hey-zing] / ˈheɪ zɪŋ /

noun

• hazings
  plural

1. subjection to harassment or ridicule.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hazings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hazing

First recorded in 1815–25; haze ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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hazing hazings

But Mr. Warsh knows this hazing is what he signed up for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

This summer, Fish and Wildlife staff spent 18,000 hours engaging in 95 hazing operations across 114 days at 18 ranches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

We were then, indeed, challenged and tested, with a slew of activities that added up to little more than a light hazing to bond us.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025

Yu’s report called on the police department to ban “‘rites of passage’ that might be construed as hazing or disparate treatment towards probationary officers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they’ll let you become an adult.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Historic revivals of hunting urge make an interesting recital of religious inquisitions, witch-burnings, college hazings, persecution of suffragettes, of the I.W.W., of the Japanese, or of pacifists.

From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker

The Rival Pitchers A Story of College Baseball A faithful picture of college life of to-day, with its hazings, its grinds, its pretty girls and all.

From Dorothy Dale in the City by Margaret Penrose