rag on
Give someone grief
To rag on someone is to tease, criticize, or nag them persistently: My brothers always rag on me about my taste in music.
The criticism is usually minor but repetitive—more annoying than devastating.
The phrase is informal and common in American English.
Scornful imitation or fake
- teaseMock playfully
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- jibeAgree or correspond
razz · rib · josh · needle · kid · taunt · poke fun · make fun of
mock
Scornful imitation or fake
jibe · razz · rib · josh · needle · kid · taunt · poke fun · make fun of · bust chops
nag
Pester repeatedly
hassle · harass · harp on · lecture · scold · chide · berate · harangue · get on · browbeat
criticize
Judge unfavorably, vocally
slam · bash · trash · badmouth · disparage · knock · pan · lambaste · faultfinding · disapproval
rag, outrage, rags, ragged, enrage, enraged, outrageous, outraged, outrageously