razz
[raz]Slang.
- to deride; make fun of; tease.
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Origin of razz
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Contemporary Examples of razz
I take Escobar at his word that this was basically locker-room talk—a joke, meant to razz other players.
Blue Jays Suspend Yunel Escobar for Gay Slur, But That’s Not the Real IssueJay Michaelson
September 20, 2012
The songs, which have creaky titles like “All that Razz” and “Hooray for What's-not-good,” are belted out with pitchy gusto.
Historical Examples of razz
I spose they suspected him then, and were just giving him the razz?
Dorothy Dixon and the Double CousinDorothy Wayne
Hardly had the “Prince” taken his place than they began to razz him.
Mystery WingsRoy J. Snell
“I suppose the girls will razz the life out of me,” commented Patricia, after a short pause.
The Mystery of Arnold HallHelen M. Persons
razz
- (tr) to make fun of; deride
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- short for raspberry (def. 5)
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Word Origin and History for razz
"to hiss or deride," 1920, shortened and altered variant of raspberry (q.v.) in its rhyming slang sense. Related: Razzed; razzing. As a noun, in to give the razz, from 1919.
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