hazing

English

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hazing

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

Noun

hazing (countable and uncountable, plural hazings)

1. (US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

   Synonym: (South Asia) ragging

Derived terms

• antihazing

Translations

humiliating initiation practices

Afrikaans: ontgroening Dutch: (Netherlands) ontgroening (nl) f, (Belgium) doop (nl) m, (for students:) studentendoop (nl) m Esperanto: fiiniciado Finnish: mopotus (fi) (schools); simputus (fi) (military) French: bizutage (fr) m German: Deposition f (archaic), Initiationsritual n Greek: καψώνι (el) n (kapsóni) Indonesian: perpeloncoan (id) Japanese: 扱き (shigoki) Portuguese: praxe (pt) f (Portugal), trote (pt) m (Brazil) Spanish: novatada (es) f, quintada (es) f Swedish: nollning (sv), inspark (sv), inkilning

See also

• dedovshchina
• hell week
• pennalism

Verb

hazing

1. present participle and gerund of haze

Anagrams

• Ghazni, Zanghi