flout
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
flout (flouts, present participle flouting; past and past participle flouted)
- (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance ↗
- The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.
- 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance ↗
- (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
- Phillida flouts me.
- Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.
- German: sich hinwegsetzen über, missachten, pfeifen auf
- Portuguese: desrespeitar
- Russian: пренебрега́ть
- Spanish: sobreponerse, saltarse a la torera (colloquial; of an action)
- French: mépriser, se moquer de
- German: verspotten, beleidigen
- Portuguese: escarnecer, ridicularizar
- Russian: насмехаться
flout (plural flouts)
- The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.
- 2012, John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education (page 97)
- A flout is when someone deliberately and ostentatiously contravenes a maxim.
- 2012, John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education (page 97)
- A mockery or insult.
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