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noun
A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: derision, ridicule, scoff, mockery, katagelasticism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
The act of eating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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verb
To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: laugh at, sneer, gird, jeer, jibe, scoff, scorn
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To mock; to treat with scorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: contemn, deride, badger, bam, barrack, brock, bullyrag, chiack, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, hound, jeer, nip, outlaugh, poke borack, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt, twit, befool, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jibe, josh, kid, lampoon, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, razz, rib, roast, satirize, scorn, slag, tease, bust on, extract the urine, clown around, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, take the piss, flout, gird
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verb
To eat food quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland, UK, slang
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Synonyms: gobble, scarf
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verb
To eat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, slang
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noun
showing your contempt by derision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: derision
verb
treat with contemptuous disregard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: flout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
verb
laugh at with contempt and derision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: jeer, flout, barrack, gibe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
History
From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.
A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
Across languages
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