haze2

 
Pronunciation: /heɪz/

verb

North American
  • 1 [with object] force (a new or potential recruit to the military or a university fraternity) to perform strenuous, humiliating, or dangerous tasks: rookies were mercilessly hazed
  • 2 [with object and adverbial of direction] drive (cattle) in a specified direction while on horseback: he hazed them on and they clambered up through the rocks

Origin:

late 17th century (originally Scots and dialect in the sense 'frighten, scold, or beat'): perhaps related to obsolete French haser 'tease or insult'