Top definition. hazingunknown. Usually part of initiations into a group of some sort. Commonly done by pooring nasty food over people, making them do humiliating things, and other ways. The cops showed up right when we were done hazing the newbies with sardines, mustard, and marshmallows. read more
Hazing , initiation ceremonies (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging , or deposition, refers to the practice of rituals, challenges, and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group including a new fraternity, sorority, team, or club. read more
hazing unknown The act of faking people out (scaring by some means) for the purposes of initation into a group; usually a fraternity or the military to create a sense of bonding among the members. Those frat boys were totally hazing when they loaded up into the back of the truck for a wild ride into oncomming traffic. read more
Word Origin and History for hazing n. brutal initiation of college freshmen, 1848, said to be a Harvard word ("This word is used at Harvard College, to express the treatment which Freshmen sometimes receive from the higher classes, and especially from the Sophomores" -- "Collection of College Words and Customs," Boston, 1851); see haze (v.). read more