Meanings
verbballarag (third-person singular simple present ballarags, present participle ballaragging, simple past and past participle ballaragged)
present singular third person ballarags · participle present ballaragging · participle past ballaragged · past ballaragged
- archaictransitiveTo bully; to threaten or push around.
T. Warton of the French king— “You surely thought to ballarag us with your fine squadron off Cape Lagos.”
1867, Admiral W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book
Origin
Corrupted from bullirag.
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ballarag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballarag
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“ballarag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballarag. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballarag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballarag.
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