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razz

[ raz ]
/ ræz /
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verb (used with object)

to deride; make fun of; tease.

noun

raspberry(def 4).

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. razor-shell,
  2. razorback,
  3. razorbill auk,
  4. razorblade,
  5. razorfish,
  6. razzamatazz,
  7. razzberry,
  8. razzia,
  9. razzie,
  10. razzle

Origin of razz

1910–15, Americanism; short for raspberry
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Examples from the Web for razzing

  • Lopez admits that as the resident ghost expert he does get a fair bit of razzing from his police officer buddies.

    True Life: I’m a Part-Time Ghost Hunter|Christine Pelisek|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

  • I thought he was razzing me for a moment, but saw that he really meant it.

    Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

  • My grades werent so bad, but you should have heard the razzing I got!

    Betty Lee, Freshman|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
British Dictionary definitions for razzing

razz

/ (ræz) US and Canadian slang /

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 razzing

razz

v.

"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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper