Noun: scoffing skóf-ing
- Showing your contempt by derision
"His scoffing at their efforts discouraged the volunteers";
- jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff
- Shout or laugh at with contempt and derision
"The crowd scoffed at the speaker";
- jeer, flout, barrack [Brit], gibe
- Treat with contemptuous disregard
"He scoffed at their warnings";
- flout
- [informal] Eat very quickly and greedily
"He scoffed down the entire pizza in minutes";
- scarf [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: scoffings
Type of: bait, brush aside, brush off [informal], cod [Brit, informal], derision, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside, rag, rally, razz [N. Amer, informal], ride [N. Amer, informal], taunt, tease, twit [informal], wind up [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Scoffing
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