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English
Verb
ballyrag (third-person singular simple present ballyrags, present participle ballyragging, simple past and past participle ballyragged)
- (transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
1904, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter 29, in The House by the Church Yard:. . . the Duchess of Belmont, that ballyrags every one round her, like a tipsy old soldier.
1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Three Men and a Maid:"I remember you as a boy, Samuel," said Mrs. Hignett, "lamentably lacking in consideration for others and concentrated only on your selfish pleasures. . . ."
"Don't ballyrag the poor man," said Jane Hubbard.
References
- “ballyrag”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.