Definitions of flout [ʊt]

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Definition of 'flout'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) flout
to treat with disdain or scorn; scoff at:
to flout the rules.

2. (v.i.) flout
to show disdain or scorn; scoff, mock, or gibe.

3. (n.) flout
a disdainful or scornful remark or act; insult; gibe.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME: to play the flute ; cf. D fluiten to play the flute, jeer)

Definition of 'flout'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) scoff, flout
treat with contemptuous disregard
"flout the rules"

2. (verb) jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
laugh at with contempt and derision
"The crowd jeered at the speaker"

Definition of 'flout'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flout
a mock; an insult

2. (verb) flout
to mock or insult; to treat with contempt

3. (verb) flout
to practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at

Translation of 'flout'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to refuse to respect or obey He flouted the headmaster's authority.
Afrikaans: verontagsaam; negeer; met	Arabic: يَسْتَخِف ب، يَسْتَهْزِء،	Bulgarian: пренебрегвам
Brazilian: desrespeitar	Czech: přehlížet, opovrhovat	German: verhöhnen
Danish: trodse; lade hånt om	Greek: αψηφώ, περιφρονώ	Spanish: burlarse de
Estonian: ignoreerima	Farsi: زیر پا گذاشتن؛ تحقیر کردن	Finnish: uhmata
French: se moquer de	Hebrew: לְזַלזֵל	Hindi: अवहेलना
Croatian: narugati se, odbiti poslu	Hungarian: (ki)gúnyol, fitymál	Indonesian: mencemoohkan
Icelandic: virða að vettugi	Italian: disprezzare, schernire	Japanese: ばかにする
Korean: 경멸하다	Lithuanian: nepaisyti, ignoruoti	Latvian: neievērot; neņemt vērā
Malay: mencemuh	Dutch: negeren	Norwegian: håne, spotte
Polish: (z)lekceważyć, sprzeciwić	Persian: زیر پا گذاشتن؛ تحقیر کردن	Pashto: سپکول
Portuguese: desrespeitar	Romanian: a râde (de), a-şi bate jo	Russian: относиться с пренебрежени
Slovak: znižovať	Slovenian: zasmehovati	Serbian: ignorisati
Swedish: trotsa	Thai: เยาะเย้ย	Turkish: hiçe saymak
Taiwanese: 藐視，輕視	Ukrainian: зневажати	Urdu: تضحیک کرنا
Vietnamese: phỉ báng; miệt thị	Chinese: 藐视，轻视
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