What does scoff mean?
Definitions for scoff
skɔf, skɒfscoff
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Princeton's WordNet
jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffingverb
showing your contempt by derision
jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibeverb
laugh at with contempt and derision
"The crowd jeered at the speaker"
scoff, floutverb
treat with contemptuous disregard
"flout the rules"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scoffnoun
Contemptuous ridicule; expression of scorn; contumelious language.
Etymology: from the verb.
Our answer therefore to their reasons is no; to their scoffs, nothing. Richard Hooker.
With scoffs and scorns, and contumelious taunts,
In open market-place produc’d they me. William Shakespeare, H. VI.How could men surrender up their reason to flattery, more abusive and reproachful than the rudest scoffs and the sharpest invectives? South.
Some little souls, that have got a smattering of astronomy or chemistry, for want of a due acquaintance with other sciences, make a scoff at them all, in comparison of their favourite science. Isaac Watts.
To SCOFFverb
To treat with insolent ridicule; to treat with contumelious language. With at.
Etymology: schoppen, Dutch.
Of two noblemen of the West of England, the one was given to scoff, but kept ever royal cheer in his house; the other would ask of those that had been at his table, Tell truly, was there never a flout or dry blow given? Francis Bacon.
There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person, than prophanely to scoff at religion. John Tillotson.
Such is love,
And such the laws of his fantastick empire,
The wanton boy delights to bend the mighty,
And scoffs at the vain wisdom of the wise. Nicholas Rowe.
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scoff
Scoff is a verb that refers to the act of expressing derision or scorn about something or someone, often by speaking in a mocking or contemptuous manner. It can also be a noun referring to the act or sound of scoffing.
Webster Dictionary
Scoffnoun
derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach
Scoffnoun
an object of scorn, mockery, or derision
Scoffnoun
to show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at
Scoffverb
to treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at
Etymology: [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scoff
skof, v.t. to mock: to treat with scorn.—v.i. to show contempt or scorn: to deride, taunt, gibe.—n. an expression of scorn or contempt: an object of scoffing.—n. Scoff′er.—adv. Scoff′ingly, in a scoffing manner: with mockery or contempt. [Old Fris. schof; Ice. skaup, cf. Old Dut. schoppen, to scoff.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scoff in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scoff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of scoff in a Sentence
You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists - because they represent the people, of course (scoff). Federal judges have tenure as well - no federal judge has ever successfully been removed. And then there's the college professors. Me. How do you like that?
I'm rather pro-European, actually. I certainly want a European community where one can go and scoff croissants, drink delicious coffee, learn foreign languages and generally make love to foreign women.
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so nothing is taught but what is expedient to know. Therefore we must guard against depriving believers of anything disclosed about predestination in Scripture, lest we seem either wickedly to defraud them of the blessing of their God or to accuse and scoff at the Holy Spirit for having published what it is in any way profitable to suppress.
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- هزأArabic
- verschlingen, spötteln, spotten, SpottGerman
- burlarseSpanish
- مسخرهPersian
- pilkata, iva, pilkka, ivata, ilkkuaFinnish
- engloutirFrench
- ծաղրArmenian
- hæða, gera gys, draga dárIcelandic
- mangiare, scherno, fare il verso, deridere, ingozzarsi, schernire, cibarsi, verso, cibaria, derisione, nutrirsiItalian
- לְלַגלֵגHebrew
- tāwai, kaihorohoro, hāupaupa, kai hāporo, taunuMāori
- spotten, schrokken, etenDutch
- szydzićPolish
- лопать, осмеивать, уплетать, насмехаться, насмешкаRussian
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