verb
- to scold or criticize harshly and persistently
Usage: informal; present participle of ballyrag
Examples
- The coach was ballyragging the players for their poor performance.
- She spent the morning ballyragging her assistant about the missed deadline.
- Stop ballyragging me about my messy room!
- The manager was ballyragging the staff over the inventory mistakes.
- He’s always ballyragging someone about something trivial.