hazing

noun

haz·​ing ˈhā-ziŋ 

: the action of hazing

especially : an initiation process involving someone (as a fraternity pledge) who is subjected to unpleasant tricks or forced to do unpleasant or unsafe things

Examples of hazing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wendy tells Angel to not take the hazing from the new girls personally, which is rich from the professor who spent her first two or three seasons taking any slight against her character remarkably seriously. —Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026

Left Arrow Right Arrow Nearly a dozen firefighters and paramedics were fired, and four are facing criminal charges, after a 19-year-old rookie Florida firefighter was allegedly whipped and waterboarded in a violent hazing incident. —Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025

The Bee then obtained another video of a hazing incident that occurred a week prior at Monterey Trail High School, also in Elk Grove. —Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025

During that investigation, 13 other parents came forward to voice concerns about issues including hazing, according to the documents. —Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hazing

• blazing
• brazing
• crazing
• gazing
• glazing
• grazing
• lasing
• phasing
• phrasing
• praising
• raising
• razing