Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To eat (food) quickly and greedily.
- intransitive verb To eat greedily.
- intransitive verb To show or express derision or scorn.
- intransitive verb To say in a derisive manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Food; “grub.”
- noun An expression of contempt, derision, or mocking scorn; a taunt; a gibe; a flout.
- noun An object of scoffing or scorn; a mark for derision; a butt.
- To speak jeeringly or derisively; manifest mockery, derision, or ridicule; utter contemptuous or taunting language; mock; deride: generally with at before the object.
- Synonyms Gibe, Jeer, etc. See
sneer . - To treat with derision or scorn; mock at; ridicule; deride.
- To eat hastily; devour.
- To steal; carry off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
- noun An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
- transitive verb To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
- intransitive verb To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with
at .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Derision ; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn,contempt , orreproach . - noun An object of
scorn ,mockery , or derision. - verb To
jeer ;laugh at withcontempt andderision . - noun South Africa
Food . - verb UK To
eat foodquickly . - verb South Africa To eat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb treat with contemptuous disregard
- verb laugh at with contempt and derision
- noun showing your contempt by derision
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"oh I'm not smug * scoff scoff scoff*, One just prefers a superior * scoff scoff* product"
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Who knew I was using the word scoff wrong all these years?
Archive 2009-03-01 Janice Hardy 2009
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Who knew I was using the word scoff wrong all these years?
Copy Editors of Doom (And Why You Should Treasure Them) Janice Hardy 2009
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When I was in the forces (I sound like Uncle Albert …” During the War!”) the only time I wore my uniform off duty was at the end of the working day and I was in barracks getting scoff from the Naafi.
Thin Blue Line « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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This was topic of much debate by other nearby stations in other towns and the officers on one particular shift took great delight in rubbing everyones nose in it about how great the scoff was and all for free.
The Pain of Being Pure At Heart « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Editor's note: Of course you are going to "scoff" at the engineering Alex.
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Editor's note: Of course you are going to "scoff" at the engineering Alex.
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We have rigged up a sun shelter and have just dined, our "scoff" (Kaffir for "grub") being bread and bully beef.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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How ever could you think that I should "scoff" at any of your magnanimous effusions?
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These were such as scoff at sacred and divine subjects.
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