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Synonyms & Antonyms for razz
Synonyms: Noun
bird [chiefly British], boo, Bronx cheer, catcall, hiss, hoot, jeer, raspberry, snort
Synonyms: Verb
chaff, jive, joke, josh, kid, rally, rib, ride, roast, tease
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of razz in a Sentence
Noun
notoriously difficult to please, opera buffs are as quick with a razz as with a raveVerb
We razzed the other team's pitcher. got razzed all day for wearing mismatched sneakers
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That is the unit that earned mainly the razz after being shut out, 31-0, in the playoff, the first such humiliation of Urban Meyer's coaching career. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "Ohio State football 2017: Make way for only regular season that means a lot: Bill Livingston (photos)," 30 Aug. 2017 A bouquet of roses to Wood’s hospital room, but a razz for the failure to communicate. — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "On Memorial Day Weekend, hearts are at half-staff but spirits light," 26 May 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
All evening they’ve mostly been hanging around the operations desk at their base at Fort Wainwright, cracking jokes and razzing each other, anxiously and excitedly waiting for their turn to leap out of a plane to fight a backcountry forest fire. — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, "When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in," 12 June 2019 Alli Faricy, director at Camp Foley in Pine River, Minn., said earlier this month, two 12-year-old boys were razzing each other. — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, "The New Camp Counselor Is a Therapist," 20 July 2018 DeWolfe razzes the band between sets and, during songs, twirls Schemerle's limp yellow body like a wet towel. — Sarah Gish, kansascity, "It's true: The ShowBiz Pizza robot band is back, at a retro arcade bar | The Kansas City Star," 22 May 2018 Unsurprisingly, just the clip of them razzing Smith on Thursday night about his interview is hysterical. — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, "Dear Knicks: Please don't hire Kenny Smith, ruin best basketball show on TV," 20 Apr. 2018 My esteemed colleague, Jamie Lisanti, razzed me for that as well. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: Breaking Down the Details of the Proposed Davis Cup Changes," 28 Feb. 2018 And the whole premise is a bit ridiculous: how many coach travelers on a random flight are going to board the plane ready to razz Scott Pruitt? — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Pruitt Flies First Class To Avoid Unpleasant Interactions With The Riffraff in Coach," 14 Feb. 2018 All evening they’ve mostly been hanging around the operations desk at their base at Fort Wainwright, cracking jokes and razzing each other, anxiously and excitedly waiting for their turn to leap out of a plane to fight a backcountry forest fire. — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, "When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in," 12 June 2019 Alli Faricy, director at Camp Foley in Pine River, Minn., said earlier this month, two 12-year-old boys were razzing each other. — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, "The New Camp Counselor Is a Therapist," 20 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'razz.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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