razz

[raz] /ræz/
verb (used with object)
1.
to deride; make fun of; tease.
noun
2.
raspberry (def 4).
Origin
1910-15, Americanism; short for raspberry
Examples from the web for razz
  • As a matter of fact, one might venture to slip it a ribald razz.
  • razz coincidence, someone has to help you think clearly ring was given.
British Dictionary definitions for razz

razz

/ræz/
verb
1.
(transitive) to make fun of; deride
noun
2.
short for raspberry (sense 5)
Word Origin and History for razz
v.

"to hiss or deride," 1920, shortened and altered variant of raspberry (q.v.) in its rhyming slang sense. Related: Razzed; razzing. As a noun, in to give the razz, from 1919.

Slang definitions & phrases for razz

razz

verb

To insult and ridicule; needle, ride: Is there ever any razzing about the fact that you report to your wife?

[1920+; fr raspberry; found in the form razoo by 1890]