bullyrag

English

Alternative forms

• ballyrag

Verb

bullyrag (third-person singular simple present bullyrags, present participle bullyragging, simple past and past participle bullyragged)

1. (transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
   • 1996 July 22, Tim Weiner, “Warnings of a Disaster in Waco Were Ignored, Witness Testifies”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 August 2014:

     But once again both sides spent as much time bullyragging one another as they did questioning witnesses.

   • 2009 March 9, “Pursuing the elusive goal of a carbon-neutral building”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 16 August 2014:

     In a feat of no small symbolic value, the school bullyragged the university into shutting down a fossil fuel power plant that had formerly occupied.

Derived terms

• bullyragger

References

• “bullyrag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.