razzing
razzing is the present participle and gerund of razz.
Meaning of razz
Verb
razz (third-person singular simple present razzes, present participle razzing, simple past and past participle razzed)
- To tease playfully; to heckle.
- No need to look like you're sat on a brush, man, we're only razzin' ya.2003 October 3, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, “On the Pull” (6:35 from the start), in Peep Show, season 1, episode 3, Channel 4
- To drive a vehicle around aimlessly.
- 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...2010, Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English, page 151
Noun
razzing (countable and uncountable, plural razzings)
Forms of razzing
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Phrases with razzing
Questions about razzing
Words near razzing in the dictionary
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