razzing

Other forms of razzing

plural

razzings·

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 razzing

What does razzing mean?

razzing means "a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt".

How many syllables are in razzing?

razzing has 2 syllables: raz-zing. The stress falls on "raz".

What is another word for razzing?

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 razzing a common word?

razzing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.