Definitions for taunt
tɔnt, tɑnttaunt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. twit, taunt, tauntingverb

   aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

2. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, rideverb

   harass with persistent criticism or carping

   "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tauntnoun

   A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery

2. tauntverb

   to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tauntnoun

   Insult; scoff; reproach; ridicule.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   With scoffs and scorns, and contumelious taunts,
   In open market-place produc’d they me,
   To be a publick spectacle. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   He would avoid such bitter taunts,
   As in the time of death he gave our father. William Shakespeare.

   Julian thought it more effectual to persecute the Christians by taunts and ironies, than by tortures. Gov. of the Tongue.

   He by vile hands to common use debas’d,
   Shall send them flowing round his drunken feast,
   With sacrilegious taunt, and impious jest. Matthew Prior.

2. To Tauntverb

   Etymology: tanser, Fr. Stephen Skinner Tanden, Dutch, to shew teeth. Minshew.

   1. To reproach; to insult; to revile; to ridicule; to treat with insolence and contumelies.

   When I had at my pleasure taunted her,
   She in mild terms begg’d my patience. William Shakespeare.

   The bitterness and stings of taunting jealousy,
   Vexatious days, and jarring joyless nights,
   Have driv’n him forth. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.

   2. To exprobrate; to mention with upbraiding.

   Rail thou in Fulvia’s phrase, and taunt my faults
   With such full licence. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. taunt

   A taunt is a battle cry, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize the recipient, or to anger them and encourage reactionary behaviors without thinking. Taunting can exist as a form of social competition to gain control of the target's cultural capital (i.e., status). In sociological theory, the control of the three social capitals is used to produce an advantage in the social hierarchy, so as to enforce one's own position in relation to others. Taunting is committed by either directly or indirectly encouraging others to taunt the target. The target may give a response in kind to maintain status, as in fighting words and trash-talk. Taunts are also a genre of folklore.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. taunt

   A taunt is a remark or comment intended to provoke, ridicule, mock, insult, or challenge someone, often aiming to incite anger, annoyance, or other strong reaction. It could also refer to an act of openly boasting or challenging someone in a mocking or insulting manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tauntadjective

   very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts

2. Tauntverb

   to reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout

3. Tauntnoun

   upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Taunt

   tawnt, v.t. to reproach or upbraid with severe or insulting words: to censure sarcastically.—n. upbraiding, sarcastic, or insulting words: a bitter reproach.—n. Taunt′er.—adj. Taunt′ing.—adv. Taunt′ingly. [O. Fr. tanter—L. tentāre, to tempt.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. taunt

   High or tall, commonly applied to very long masts.--All a taunto is a ship having all her light and long spars aloft.

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1. Taunt

   Taut vs. Taunt -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Taut and Taunt.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TAUNT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Taunt is ranked #133863 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Taunt surname appeared 126 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Taunt.
   
   99.2% or 125 total occurrences were White.

How to pronounce taunt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say taunt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of taunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of taunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of taunt in a Sentence

1. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations - Book Eleven:

   Virtue they will but abuse, and taunt her with bitter revilling.

2. P. G. Wodehouse:

   A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.

3. Jessica Levinson:

   With a pardon comes at least the veneer of an admission of guilty, in a way, I think pardoning himself and his family is almost like a taunt. It would have said ‘try to come and get me,’ and would have accelerated litigation and investigation.

4. James Scott:

   A vulnerability in an organization's IoT microcosm is a taunt to exploit by malicious hackers.

5. Paul Carroll:

   It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and( chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=taunt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taunt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=taunt
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunt
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taunt
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=taunt
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=taunt
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html