razz

razz
I. noun Etymology: short for razzberry sound of contempt, alteration of raspberry Date: circa 1919 raspberry 2 II. transitive verb Date: 1918 heckle, deride <
the fans razzed the visiting players
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  • razz — [ræz] v [T] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: RASPBERRY2] AmE informal to make jokes that insult or embarrass someone = ↑tease ▪ Eddie was razzed by his teammates after the game …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • razz — [ ræz ] verb transitive AMERICAN SPOKEN to make someone feel embarrassed by making an insulting joke about them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • razz — (v.) to hiss or deride, 1920, shortened and altered variant of RASPBERRY (Cf. raspberry) (q.v.) in its rhyming slang sense. Related: Razzed; razzing …   Etymology dictionary

  • razz — ☆ razz [raz ] vt. [contr. < RASPBERRY] Slang to tease, ridicule, deride, heckle, etc. n. Slang RASPBERRY (sense 3) …   English World dictionary

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  • razz — v To tease, make fun of. The baseball fans started to razz the umpire. 1920s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • razz — vb to tease or deride. A word which is cur rently more popular in Australia and the USA than Britain (although it features in British public school argot). Razz was originally a theatrical shortening of rasp berry and the verb is still used in… …   Contemporary slang

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