razoon.1
/rəˈzuː/, U.S. /rəˈzu/ U.S. slang.
A charge, a sortie. Hence also: a lively or boisterous outing or social occasion.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > lively or rowdy
racket1745
rooty-toot1852
razoo1864
shindig1871
ram sammy1891
whoopee1909
ding-dong1936
clambake1937
knees-up1939
rave1960
rave-up1967
bashment1996
society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > discontinuing of siege > sally
issuea1450
excourse?1520
sally1560
sallying1560
a sault out1560
out-sally1598
outfall1637
sortie1778
razoo1864
1864 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 19 Aug. The rebs occupy the works we left, and this morning, before we had breakfast, they made a little ‘razoo’ (as the boys say) on us, causing us to get into our rifle pits double quick, but they soon withdrew.
1911 Coshocton (Ohio) Daily Tribune 16 Feb. 3/2 I'm feeling like having one more rip-roaring razoo with you for the sake of old times.
1926 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 5 Oct. 3/4 At the first official ‘razoo’ last evening,..ten of the more emerald-hued freshmen were honored at a special reception given by the sophs.
1970 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 22 Jan. 20/2 The bull made another razoo into the crowd of Mexicans.
2003 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 9 a Geordie patiently pulled him out of the way, started on the puzzle again, when Neil made another razoo and gleefully scattered the pieces again.
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razoon.2
/rəˈzuː/, U.S. /rəˈzu/ North American slang.
An expression of contempt or derision, a reprimand; spec. a ‘raspberry’ (raspberry n. 4). Chiefly in to get (or give) the razoo.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun]
hokerOE
hethingc1175
scornc1175
gabbinga1225
bourd1320
scoffc1330
illusiona1382
mowinga1382
derisiona1400
mockery?a1439
alluding1535
dor1552
jerking1565
mock1569
frumpery1582
subsannation1587
floutage1600
ridiculous1605
ludibry1637
ridicule1675
razoo1888
stick1956
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > vocally > specific utterance
blurt1579
puff1579
pish1593
pooh1593
tush1600
hiss1602
mew1606
pshaw1712
pooh pooh1798
poof1864
razoo1888
raspberry1890
razz1917
razzberry1920
Bronx cheer1929
big deal1949
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]
teleeOE
laughOE
bismerc1000
heascenc1000
hethec1175
scornc1175
hokera1225
betell?c1225
scorn?c1225
forhushc1275
to make scorn at, toc1320
boba1382
bemow1388
lakea1400
bobby14..
triflea1450
japec1450
mock?c1450
mowc1485
to make (a) mock at?a1500
to make mocks at?a1500
scrip?a1513
illude1516
delude1526
deride1530
louta1547
to toy with ——1549–62
flout1551
skirp1568
knack1570
to fart against1574
frump1577
bourd1593
geck?a1600
scout1605
subsannate1606
railly1612
explode1618
subsannea1620
dor1655
monkeya1658
to make an ass of (someone)1680
ridicule1680
banter1682
to run one's rig upon1735
fun1811
to get the run upon1843
play1891
to poke mullock at1901
razz1918
flaunt1923
to get (or give) the razoo1926
to bust (a person's) chops1953
wolf1966
pimp1968
1888 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 5 Jan. Mayor Lawson's veto of the police service bill..has a strong resemblance to what the political toughs would call ‘giving a man the razoo’.
1890 Grip (Toronto) 19 Apr. 265/1 What is all this racket about the Independence of Parliament?.. It is dependent on the presence of Members..on the whips razoo round.
1908 H. Green Maison de Shine 208 Can't a man take a flat o' beer wit' out gittin' the razoo?
1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 639/2 The ginny with th' poke gave th' fly th' razoo an' we split a bunch of nifty kale.
1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xxvi. 235 My information is Apartment 301, but all I get there is the big razzoo.
1959 Washington Post 22 Dec. c18/5 Yesterday's hero, Fidel Castro, now gets the lustiest Bronx razzoohs since Adolf Hitler was flipping his wig for the cameras.
2000 Sporting News 18 Sept. 60 (in figure) A big ol' razoo to the Red Sox for telling Bret Saberhagen to get lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
razoon.3
/rɑːˈzuː/, /rəˈzuː/, U.S. /ˌrɑˈzu/, /rəˈzu/, Australian English /rʌːˈzuː/, New Zealand English /rʌːˈzuː/ Australian and New Zealand slang.
An imaginary coin of trivial value; frequently in brass razoo. Only in negative contexts. Cf. farthing n. 2.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > coin as type of
pennya1225
sumc1300
mitea1375
minutec1384
groat1513
souse1570
widow's mite1572
stivera1640
brass farthing1642
shilling1737
rap1778
skilligalee1834
skillick1835
steever1892
razoo1919
1919 C. Drew Doings of Dave 28 ‘Did you have any bank to kick off with?’ ‘Not a razoo,’ returned his companion.
1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 5 Nov. 21/1 The useless graft on patch and flat! They never think a bloke has earned a darned razoo for that.
1931 ‘W. Hatfield’ Sheepmates xxx. 268 Richards never has a rahzoo.
1947 J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 187 I wouldn't give you a razhoo for anything between there and Charmian Road.
1968 R. Clapperton No News on Monday vii. 80 He isn't rolling in the stuff—he hasn't got two brass razoos to rub together.
1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 25 Apr. 16/7 Last week he signed a contract for the new $356,000 building and then cheerfully announced: ‘I haven't a razoo.’
2007 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 29 He looked glum, as you would be to learn your ex has come into a fortune and, technically, you don't deserve a brass razoo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
razoov.
/rəˈzuː/, U.S. /rəˈzu/ North American slang. Now rare.
transitive. To provoke; to treat harshly, harangue.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)]
gremec893
grillc897
teenOE
mispay?c1225
agrillec1275
oftenec1275
tarya1300
tarc1300
atenec1320
enchafec1374
to-tarc1384
stingc1386
chafe?a1400
pokec1400
irec1420
ertc1440
rehete1447
nettlec1450
bog1546
tickle1548
touch1581
urge1593
aggravate1598
irritate1598
dishumour1600
to wind up1602
to pick at ——1603
outhumour1607
vex1625
bloody1633
efferate1653
rankle1659
spleen1689
splenetize1700
rile1724
roil1742
to put out1796
to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823
roughen1837
acerbate1845
to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846
nag1849
to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859
frump1862
rattle1865
to set up any one's bristles1873
urticate1873
needle1874
draw1876
to rough up1877
to stick pins into1879
to get on ——1880
to make (someone) tiredc1883
razoo1890
to get under a person's skin1896
to get a person's goat1905
to be on at1907
to get a person's nanny1909
cag1919
to get a person's nanny-goat1928
cagmag1932
peeve1934
tick-off1934
to get on a person's tits1945
to piss off1946
bug1947
to get up a person's nose1951
tee1955
bum1970
tick1975
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]
tuckc888
tawc893
misbedeOE
graithc1330
to fare fair or foul with1340
misusea1382
outrayc1390
beshrewc1430
huspelc1440
misentreat1450
mistreat1453
abuse?1473
to mayne evil1481
demean1483
to put (a person) to villainya1513
harry1530
mishandle1530
touse1531
misorder1550
worrya1556
yark1565
mumble1588
buse1589
crow-tread1593
disabuse1607
maltreat1681
squeeze1691
ill-treat1794
punish1801
tousle1826
ill-use1841
razoo1890
mess1896
to play horse with1896
to bugger about1921
slug1925
to give (a person) the works1927
to kick about or around1938
mess1963
1890 Grip (Toronto) 18 Jan. 40/1 Shall I razoo old Mowat on the Separate School business?
1899 J. Hardesty Mother of Trusts x. 186 The railroads and the oil company can razoo a man up down in the courts for ten years..until he is ruined, and then go on with their work.
1905 Amer. Illustr. Mag. 61 404/2 You all heard me razoo Yank and tell him what would happen to-night.
1944 H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 496/1 Razoo, to manhandle, use roughly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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