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razz

  [raz] Slang.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deride; make fun of; tease.
–noun
2. raspberry (def. 4).
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; short for raspberry
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razz   (rāz)   
n.  A raspberry sound; a Bronx cheer.
tr.v.   razzed, razz·ing, razz·es
To deride, heckle, or tease. See Synonyms at banter.

[Shortening and alteration of raspberry.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
razz [ræz]

  1. tv.
    to tease someone. : I was just razzing you. I didn't mean any harm.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

razz  (v.)
"to hiss or deride," 1920, shortened and altered variant of raspberry (q.v.) in its rhyming slang sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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