hazing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

Noun

hazing (countable and uncountable, plural hazings)

1. (US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

   Synonym: (South Asia) ragging

Translations

humiliating initiation practices

• Afrikaans: ontgroening
• Dutch: (Netherlands) ontgroening (nl) f, (Belgium) doop (nl) m, (for students:) studentendoop (nl) m
• Esperanto: fiiniciado
• Finnish: mopotus (fi) (schools); simputus (fi) (military)
• French: bizutage (fr) m
• German: Deposition f (archaic), Initiationsritual n
• Greek: καψώνι (el) n (kapsóni)
• Indonesian: perpeloncoan (id)
• Japanese: 扱き (shigoki)
• Portuguese: praxe (pt) f (Portugal), trote (pt) m (Brazil)
• Spanish: novatada (es) f
• Swedish: nollning (sv), inspark (sv), inkilning

See also

• dedovshchina
• hell week
• pennalism

Verb

hazing

1. present participle and gerund of haze

Anagrams

• Ghazni, Zanghi