razz

See also: rázz

English

Etymology

Clipping of raspberry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹæz/
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    Rhymes: -æz

Noun

razz (uncountable)

  1. (poker) A version of seven-card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball).

Verb

razz (third-person singular simple present razzes, present participle razzing, simple past and past participle razzed)

  1. (informal) To tease playfully; to heckle.
    1. (informal) To heckle by blowing a raspberry.
  2. (informal, Newfoundland, Labrador, Britain, Australia) To drive a vehicle around aimlessly.
    • 2010, Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English‎, page 151:
      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 meaning does, however, occur in Britain and Australia, as in the following British online posting: 81. We find about an exciting new craze that is seeing kids clad in leather from Leamington razzing around on motorbikes. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/motor/mini-moto-crazy.shtml).

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