rager

From Middle English rager, raiger, ragere, equivalent to rage +‎ -er.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɚ/

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rager (plural ragers)

1. (uncommon) One who rages.
   • 2005, Paul Blum, Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, page 51:

     Ragers are feared and detested by teachers for their potential to destroy a lesson.

2. (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) A boisterous and out of control party.
   • 2016 December 7, Peter Debruge, “Film Review: 'Office Christmas Party'”, in Variety (magazine)‎, Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-15:

     Clearly, the kernel of inspiration behind this whole out-of-control rager was nostalgia for less politically correct times.

   • 2022 March 17, Julissa James, “Inside most legendary streetwear brand party in Los Angeles”, in Los Angeles Times‎, Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-07:

     Part of the Born X Raised story, almost unintentionally, has become their big — and growing only bigger — ragers.

   • 2022 June 10, “Canada’s housing frenzy was the party of all parties. Get ready for a hangover”, in The Globe and Mail‎, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-29:

     Experts urged interventions to break the fever, but unlike the last mini-mania, in 2016-17, policy makers pretty much did nothing while the Bank of Canada, understandably concerned about the pandemic-beset economy, made sure money stayed cheap. The house party kept on partying. It was a rager, and no one called the cops.

   • 2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post‎, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-03:

     The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.

3. (slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.

• Jonathon Green (2024) “rager n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

• Grear, gerra

• IPA^(key): /raːɣər/, [ˈʁɑwɐ]

rager

1. present tense of rage

From rageren (“to brush”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “check, please: is it from ragen or rageren?”)

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• Rhymes: -aːɣər
• IPA^(key): /raːɣər/, /raːxər/
• Hyphenation: ra‧ger

rager m (plural ragers, diminutive ragertje n)

1. interdental brush

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rager

1. to rage

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

• enragé
• rage
• rageur

• “rager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• garer