Definitions for hazing

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hazing haz·ing

Spelling: [hey-zing]

IPA: /ˈheɪ zɪŋ/

Hazing is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in hazing (aghinz).

Definitions for hazing

noun

1. subjection to harassment or ridicule.
2. an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
3. vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to subject (freshmen, newcomers, etc.) to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule.
2. Chiefly Nautical. to harass with unnecessary or disagreeable tasks.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become hazy.

Origin of hazing

First recorded in 1815-25; haze² + -ing¹

Examples for hazing

The bullies at Mariana push the boundaries of bad behaviour beyond the typical adolescent hijinks and hazing.

There are no hazing rituals, no violent rites of getting jumped in.

It was one of the hazing challenges allegedly put to Holt by her fellow sorority members.

"It is clear enough that they are hazing me," said Captain Shuffles, sadly.

She said it all in a vague way, that it was a hazing incident gone awry.

It intimated a bit of hazing, but hazing of a quality that the faculty could only wink at.

Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.

According to his research, as of 2013, Nuwer tallies 104 deaths linked to hazing since 1970.

The crew have been hazing the officers now for two hours, and have had the best of it most of the time.

There was not one of the hazing party who had entirely escaped injury.