ballarag

English

Etymology

Corrupted from bullirag.

Verb

ballarag (third-person singular simple present ballarags, present participle ballaragging, simple past and past participle ballaragged)

1. (archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten or push around.
   • 1867, Admiral W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book:

     T. Warton of the French king— “You surely thought to ballarag us with your fine squadron off Cape Lagos.”

References

• “ballarag”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.