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, British, Australia) To drive a vehicle around aimlessly.
   • 2010, Sandra Clarke, Newfoundland and Labrador English‎^[1], 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).

See also

• razz someone's berries
• razzed
• on the razz