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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. showing your contempt by derision;
[syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]


VERB (2)

1. laugh at with contempt and derision;
- Example: "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
[syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe]

2. treat with contemptuous disregard;
- Example: "flout the rules"
[syn: scoff, flout]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoff \Scoff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n.] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at. [1913 Webster] Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoff \Scoff\, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. [1913 Webster] To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scoff \Scoff\ (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.] 1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. [1913 Webster] With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. [1913 Webster] The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scoff n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe] 2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: scoff, flout]