razz

1. 1.

   harass with persistent criticism or carping

   “The children teased the new teacher”

   “Don't ride me so hard over my failure”

   “His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie”

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Other forms of razz

plural

razzes·

past tense

razzed·

present participle

razzing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about razz

What does razz mean?

razz means "a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in razz?

razz has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for razz?

Close synonyms include boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is razz a common word?

razz is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.