scoff
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
scoff (plural scoffs)
- Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:
- With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
- 1852, The Dublin University Magazine (page 66)
- There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]
- An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
- the scoff of withered age and beardless youth
- (derision, ridicule) derision, ridicule
- See also Thesaurus:ridicule
- French: dérision, ridicule, moquerie
- German: Spott
- Italian: scherno, derisione, verso, scorno, ridicolo
- Russian: насме́шка
- Spanish: hazmerreír
scoff (scoffs, present participle scoffing; past and past participle scoffed)
- (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
- Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
- (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.
- French: se gausser, se moquer, tourner en ridicule
- German: spotten, spötteln
- Italian: deridere, schernire, fare il verso, motteggiare
- Russian: насмехаться
- Spanish: burlarse
scoff
- (South Africa and British Army slang) Food.
- (slang) The act of eating.
- 2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy
- Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]
- 2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy
scoff (scoffs, present participle scoffing; past and past participle scoffed)
Synonyms Translations- French: engloutir
- German: verschlingen
- Italian: trangugiare
- Russian: уплетать
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