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SCOFF
jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing
(noun) showing your contempt by derision
scoff, flout
(verb) treat with contemptuous disregard; “flout the rules”
jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
(verb) laugh at with contempt and derision; “The crowd jeered at the speaker”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scoff (plural scoffs)
Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
Synonyms
• (derision, ridicule): derision, ridicule
• See also ridicule
Verb
scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)
(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
(transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.
Synonyms
• (to jeer, laugh at): sneer
• (to mock, scorn): contemn, deride
Etymology 2
Noun
scoff (countable and uncountable, plural scoffs)
(South Africa and British Army slang) Food.
(slang) The act of eating.
Verb
scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)
(British, slang) To eat food quickly.
(South Africa and British Army slang) To eat.
Synonyms
• (eat quickly): gobble, scarf (US)
Source: Wiktionary
Scoff, n. Etym: [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.]
1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. Cowper.
Scoff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n.]
Definition: To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at. Thuth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer.
Scoff, v. t.
Definition: To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. Glanwill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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