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ballyragging

ballyragging is the present participle and gerund 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 ballyragging

What is ballyragging the present participle and gerund of?
Ballyragging is the present participle and gerund of ballyrag.

Words near ballyragging in the dictionary

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

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