Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A raspberry sound; a Bronx cheer.
- v. To deride, heckle, or tease. See Synonyms at banter.
Wiktionary
- n. poker A version of seven card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball).
- v. informal Tease playfully; heckle.
- v. informal Heckle by blowing a raspberry.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- v. harass with persistent criticism or carping
Etymologies
- From an alteration of raspberry. (Wiktionary)
- Shortening and alteration of raspberry. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I was just having fun the best way I knew how even if it meant being called a razz babe,lol!”
“If one of us has an area of distress our fellow workers "razz" that person, allowing a lot of laughter to bubble off the distress.”
“But I can’t expect that kind of razz-a-ma-tazz from our modern-day deity.”
Terrorism, a Bridge Collapse, and the Weather - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“Sunburned, butt-slapping white men came out from the lake for salty corn chips and margaritas and to razz the fatso wives who were mostly reading fashion magazines.”
“I've called the set of all these functions or powers of the brain the "teleome" a name that emphasizes the unabashed teleology that's required to truly make sense of the brain, and is simultaneously designed to razz the "-ome" buzzwords like 'genome' and 'connectome'.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Changizi, Ph.D.: Artificial Brains: Not in This Century
“January 5, 2009 6: 40 PM waffy, you are a razz girl.chei. and then she will be insulting me that i eat at bukas ...”
“This was the first TV episode from the writer, Margaret Dunlap, so they assembled Javier and three other writers to razz her about it and talk about the many Doctor Who references.”
“I use a compound bow and my grandpa use to razz me about it saying that, that wasn't true hunting, so I guess to each his own, but you won't find me or my kids in fence.”
“Mr. Bosley had season tickets at Dodger Stadium, where manager Tommy Lasorda was known to razz him for staying loyal to the Cubs.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Galvanic' as Fiorello, Wry and Wise as Mr. C
“One is emotional: Men often razz each other for bad shots, while women usually reassure each other.”
The Huffington Post: Stephanie J. Stiavetti: Holly Heyser: The Philosophical Huntress
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘razz’.
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Jazz Era
Swingin' and boppin' slang-a-lang.
mooche, moocher, kick the gong around, applesauce, the berries, hooch, juice joint, the john, rummy, screaming meemies, daddy, cokey and 66 more...
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schinders's Words
persiflage, preterition, quidnunc, finick, termagant, otiose, magniloquent, weltschmerz, schadenfreude, piehole, malevolent, susurrus and 132 more...
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katiad's Words
exquisite, obnoxious, noxious, extravaganza, whirlwind, whirling, wild, spinster, existential, chaos, zephyr, blasphemy and 310 more...
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Olde Fashyned Slang
word, cracking, blotto, ankle, dewdropper, applesauce, bee's knees, bird, breezer, bubs, bum's rush, cake-eater and 36 more...
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Just kidding
Words that mean joke
chouse, dido, antic, roguery, ropery, apery, daft, jape, shavie, razz, quipster, morology
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JWL's Words
fray, beige, infirm, gloat, razz, feist, gallow, stronghold, strut, spurt, impound, masculine and 47 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
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Zz....
Fuzzy! Fizzy! And lots of pizzazz!
puzzle, pizza, piazza, nuzzle, nozzle, swizzle, frizz, drizzle, dazzle, pizazz, sizzle, mizzenmast and 70 more...
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saracarl's Words
darshan, prii, abecedary, razz, ferroequinologist, octopodes
Tweets
Looking for tweets for razz.
bilby What people do to pterodactyl. Oct 5, 2008
saracarl To razz -- to make fun of someone.
From "rasberry tart" which is cockney rhyming slang for "fart"
It comes from making a rasberry sound by blowing air through flapping lips -- or, in less refined circles, a farting noise.
Ben told me this last night, so I'm sure I should credit some blogger, but this was the only one I found. Sep 12, 2007