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Meanings of ragging in English

Russian
ритуальное унижение
Portuguese
praxe académica
Spanish
mechoneo
Catalan
quintada

Practice of rituals used as a way of initiating a person into a group.

        ритуальное унижение
        Synonyms
        Examples for "hazing"
        Examples for "hazing"
        1
        Their part in a brutal fraternity hazing ritual cost them their freedom.
        News.com.au
        2
        Eaton's companions in the hazing all bore him out in the statement.
        Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second...
        3
        All this pretending that hazing doesn't exist when you know it does.
        Bake sale murder
        4
        The fraternity was also accused of hazing pledges and other objectionable conduct.
        Reuters
        5
        They, too, are very frequently objects of hazing in its severest form.
        Henry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point / Autobiog...
        1
        It's nothing but a bastardisation of the law for those who pull the strings from behind.
        The South African
        2
        World War Z, allegedly a bastardisation of Max Brooks's novel, seemed to be heading for a critical roasting.
        The Irish Times
        3
        South Africans have yet again been treated to a grotesque bastardisation of the idea of a state of the nation address.
        The South African
        4
        I'm not sure either, whether it's just a bit of Euro-bastardisation of cushion or they really intended the play on "cushy number".
        The Irish Times
        5
        They are merely crude, phonetic bastardisations of the Irish words.
        The Irish Times
        1
        You will then all assemble at the camp-fire for initiation ceremonies.
        The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
        2
        After two days of slickly brutal initiation ceremonies the asteroid now belonged to him.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        3
        Mr. Newton had ideas of his own about initiation ceremonies.
        The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
        4
        Naming follows almost immediately after birth, while puberty and initiation ceremonies are entirely lacking.
        The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippi...
        5
        If girls also have the same initiation ceremonies, it is not special to boys.
        The Disposable Male
        Usage of ragging in English
        1
        I don't want baby brother ragging on me for breaking medical protocol.
        Midnight hero
        2
        But I hate to see those boughten lawyers ragging him in court.
        Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
        3
        It is no fun ragging a man who doesn't lose his temper.
        The Loom of Youth
        4
        But there's not much value in ragging on people just because they're different.
        Happiness key
        5
        That led to more ragging, and he didn't try asking again.
        Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
        6
        Derry had begun ragging on him right away, calling him names.
        Running with the Demon
        7
        The bully-ragging, long-winded collection letter has no place in self-respecting business.
        How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) / A Complete...
        8
        It was hard to tell what was ragging more: the pitch or Javed.
        The Guardian
        9
        They looked on school life purely as a vehicle for ragging.
        Mike
        10
        As usual, Davy Ray was ragging Ben about something or other.
        Boy’s Life
        11
        Playing freak golf-matches is to my mind like ragging a great classical melody.
        The Clicking of Cuthbert
        12
        Am I starting to sound like a cranky carpenter ragging on ivory-tower architects?
        A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
        13
        I fucked up my tryout, and then this kid started ragging on me.
        The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
        14
        And won't his guv'nor just give Simpkins a ragging when he gets home.
        A Girl Among the Anarchists
        15
        But Geldof doesn't deserve the ragging his idea has received these past few days.
        The Guardian
        16
        They lay there for few minutes, talking and ragging aimlessly.
        The Longest Journey
        About this term
        Translations for ragging
        Catalan
        quintada
        Ragging through the time
        Ragging across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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