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Razz

//ɹæz// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A version of seven-card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball). uncountable
  2. 2
    a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To tease playfully; to heckle. informal

    "No need to look like you're sat on a brush, man, we're only razzin' ya."

  2. 2
    harass with persistent criticism or carping wordnet
  3. 3
    To tease playfully; to heckle.; To heckle by blowing a raspberry. informal
  4. 4
    To drive a vehicle around aimlessly. Australia, British, Newfoundland, informal

    "Consider, for example, the word razz, used by younger speakers with the meaning 'riding around with friends in a car (or a snowmobile), with no particular goal'. This meaning is not generally familiar to older residents of the province, and is largely unknown in North America. A very similar meaning does, however, occur in Britain and Australia, as in the following British online posting: 81. We find about an exciting new craze that is seeing kids clad in leather from Leamington razzing around on motorbikes. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/motor/mini-moto-crazy.shtml)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of raspberry.

Etymology 2

Clipping of raspberry.

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