hazing

1 of 2

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

hazing

2 of 2

present participle of haze entry 2, haze entry 3

Examples of hazing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

After their son died in a Penn State hazing incident, Timothy Piazza’s family was instrumental in pushing for reforms of the university’s Greek system. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

Cheltenham School District has tapped a former superintendent to return to the top job as leaders reckon with the aftermath of a hazing scandal that led to multiple arrests. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Case led to indictment, fraternity chapter shutdown Eslick and two other 20-year-old executive board members of the Northern Arizona University's Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter were initially arrested on suspicion of hazing. — Perry Vandell, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Some of the attacks, both by organized Jewish groups and by individual writers, were more like hazing than criticism—vicious, personal, encompassing. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hazing

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