transitive verb
-·ragged·, -·rag·gingInformal, Dial. to bully, intimidate, or browbeat
Origin of bullyrag
see bully, transitive verb and rag, transitive verbbullyrag
bul·ly·ragWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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bullyrag
also bal·ly·rag
transitive verb
bul·ly·ragged, bul·ly·rag·ging, bul·ly·rags, also bal·ly·ragged or bal·ly·rag·ging or bal·ly·ragsTo mistreat or intimidate by bullying.
Origin of bullyrag
From dialectal ballaragTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present bullyrags, present participle bullyragging, simple past and past participle bullyragged)
- to taunt someone
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