Sentence examples similar to ballyrag from inspiring English sources

For his effrontery, Lindsay was exiled to the dismal Chicago Blackhawks in 1957, and thereafter bullyragged into early retirement.

The picture had the emotional coloration of a portentous Off Broadway play, in which nasty theatre games (bullyragging, role reversals, surprises) hold the stage through the sheer intensity they produce in the actors and the uneasiness they inspire in the audience.

This kind of spontaneous depth psychology and mental bullyragging, combined with no-limits betting, dominates the good parts of "Lucky You," a new movie about the high-stakes poker world, starring Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, and Robert Duvall.

His bullyragging, mock-seductive treatment of the nakedly needy actresses "auditioning" made my skin crawl.