hazing

hazing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ

Noun

hazing (countable and uncountable, plural hazings)

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

Translations

humiliating initiation practices

Dutch: (Netherlands) ontgroening (nl) f, (Belgium) doop (nl) m, (for students:) studentendoop m Finnish: mopotus (fi) (schools); simputus (fi) (military) French: bizutage (fr) m German: Deposition f (archaic)

Greek: καψώνι (el) n (kapsóni) Portuguese: praxe (pt) f, trote (pt) m (Brazil) Spanish: novatada (es) f Swedish: nollning (sv), inspark (sv), inkilning

See also

• dedovshchina
• hell week
• pennalism

Verb

hazing

1. present participle of haze

Anagrams

• Zanghi