razz
/raz
/informal, chiefly North American
verb [with object]
Tease (someone) playfully: his co-workers razz him about it...
- At one point, police cordoned off a city block after several dozen demonstrators jeered and razzed the incoming audience.
- This doesn't stop them from razzing the day's hero.
- I razzed him about his porn collection (such as it was), and surprised him somewhat when I said I didn't have one of my own.
noun
another term for raspberry (sense 4).But Toronto welcomed Wilson's acoustic ramblings with a razz, and killed his musical dreams....
- We essentially gave Freddie the razz for not doing more to influence his cabinet colleagues.
Origin
Early 20th century: from informal razzberry, alteration of raspberry.