what does scoff mean?
SCOFF as NOUN
- Meaning
- showing your contempt by derision
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Hypernyms(s) scoff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SCOFF as VERB
- Meaning
- treat with contemptuous disregard
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Hypernyms(s) scoff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- laugh at with contempt and derision
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- The crowd jeered at the speaker
Hypernyms(s) scoff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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