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ballyragged

ballyragged is the simple past and past participle of ballyrag.

Meaning of ballyrag

Verb

ballyrag (third-person singular simple present ballyrags, present participle ballyragging, simple past and past participle ballyragged)

  1. (transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
    • . . . the Duchess of Belmont, that ballyrags every one round her, like a tipsy old soldier.1904, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter 29, in The House by the Church Yard

Questions about ballyragged

What is ballyragged the simple past and past participle of?
Ballyragged is the simple past and past participle of ballyrag.

Words near ballyragged in the dictionary

  1. Ballymoney
  2. Ballynahinch
  3. Ballynoe
  4. Ballyphehane
  5. ballyrag
  6. ballyragged
  7. Ballyragget
  8. ballyragging
  9. ballyrags
  10. Ballyroe
  11. Ballyrogan

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