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ballarag

ballarag verb: to bully; to threaten or push around.

Verb

ballarag (third-person singular simple present ballarags, present participle ballaragging, simple past and past participle ballaragged)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten or push around.
    • T. Warton of the French king— “You surely thought to ballarag us with your fine squadron off Cape Lagos.”1867, Admiral W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book

Forms of ballarag

third-person singular presentballarags
present participleballaragging
past participleballaragged
pastballaragged

Origin of ballarag

Corrupted from bullirag.

Questions about ballarag

What does ballarag mean?
Ballarag means to bully; to threaten or push around.
What part of speech is ballarag?
Ballarag is a verb.
What is the past tense of ballarag?
The past tense of ballarag is ballaragged.

Words near ballarag in the dictionary

  1. Ballantines
  2. Ballantrae
  3. Ballantyne
  4. Ballantyne syndrome
  5. Ballapur
  6. ballarag
  7. ballaragged
  8. ballaragging
  9. ballarags
  10. Ballarat
  11. Ballarat Central

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