razz

[raz]Slang.

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR razz ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object)

to deride; make fun of; tease.

noun

raspberry(def 4).

Origin of razz

1910–15, Americanism; short for raspberry

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for razz

chaff, tease, taunt, banter, needle, jest, joke, heckle, raspberry, rib, kid

Examples from the Web for razz

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 Issue
Jay 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.
The Worst Awards in Hollywood
Sean Macaulay
March 7, 2010

Historical Examples of razz

I spose they suspected him then, and were just giving him the razz?
Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin
Dorothy Wayne
Hardly had the “Prince” taken his place than they began to razz him.
Mystery Wings
Roy J. Snell
“I suppose the girls will razz the life out of me,” commented Patricia, after a short pause.
The Mystery of Arnold Hall
Helen M. Persons

British Dictionary definitions for razz

razz

verb

(tr) to make fun of; deride

noun

short for raspberry (def. 5)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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.