Meaning scoff
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scoffmid-14c., "jest, make light of something;" mid-15c., "make fun of, mock," from the noun meaning "contemptuous ridicule" (c. 1300), from a Scandinavian source such as Old [..]
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scoffto laugh at or mock.
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scoffVerb. To eat. {Informal} Noun. Food. {Informal}
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scoff(n) showing your contempt by derision(v) treat with contemptuous disregard(v) laugh at with contempt and derision
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scoff
Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
* Shakespeare
*: With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
* '''1852''', ''The Dublin University Maga [..]
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