razzed









razzed


verb (used with object)

  1. to deride; make fun of; tease.

noun

  1. raspberry(def 4).

verb

  1. (tr) to make fun of; deride

noun

  1. short for raspberry (def. 5)
v.

“to hiss or deride,” 1920, shortened and altered variant of raspberry (q.v.) in its rhyming slang sense. Related: Razzed; razzing. As a noun, in to give the razz, from 1919.

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