scoff

scoff ¹  (skf, skôf)

v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs

v.tr.

To mock at or treat with derision.

v.intr.

To show or express derision or scorn.

n.

An expression of derision or scorn.

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[Middle English scoffen, from scof, mockery, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish skof, jest, teasing.]

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scoffer n.

scoffing·ly adv.

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scoff ²  (skf, skôf)

v. scoffed, scoff·ing, scoffs Slang

v.tr.

To eat (food) quickly and greedily.

v.intr.

To eat greedily.

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[Alteration of obsolete scaff.]

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scoffer n.

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scoff ¹

Verb

(often foll. by at)to speak in a scornful and mocking way about (something)

Noun

a mocking expression; jeer [probably from Old Norse]

scoffing adjn

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scoff ²

Verb

Informal to eat (food) fast and greedily [variant of scaff food]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scoff - showing your contempt by derision     jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing derision - contemptuous laughter
Verb	1.	scoff - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" jeer, flout, gibe, barrack bait, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, razz, twit, tease, cod, rag, rally, ride - 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"
	2.	scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" flout brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

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scoff ¹

verb scorn, mock, laugh at, ridicule, knock (informal) taunt, despise, sneer, jeer, deride, slag (off) (slang) flout, belittle, revile, make light of, poke fun at, twit, gibe, pooh-pooh, make sport of

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scoff ²

verb gobble (up), wolf, devour, bolt, cram, put away, guzzle, gulp down, gorge yourself on, gollop, stuff yourself with, cram yourself on, make a pig of yourself on (informal)

Translations

scoff [skɔf] vt (BRIT) (col) (= eat); engullir

vi to scoff (at) (= mock) → mofarse (de)

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scoff [skɔf] vt (Brit) (inf) (= eat); avaler, bouffer

vi to scoff (at) (= mock) → se moquer (de)

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scoff [skɔf] vt (Brit) (inf) (eat) → futtern, verputzen

vi to scoff (at) (mock) → spotten (über +acc), sich lustig machen (über +acc)

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scoff [skɔf] vt (BRIT ) (col) (= eat); trangugiare, ingozzare

vi to scoff (at) (= mock) → farsi beffe (di)

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scoff

v scoff [skof]

(sometimes withat) to express scorn She scoffed at my poem. bespot يَسْتَهْزِئ بِ присмивам (се) posmívat se håne spotten εμπαίζω, περιφρονώ mofarse, burlarse halvustama تمسخر كردن halveksia se moquer (de) לְלַגלֵג विज्ञान rugati se, podsmjehivati se kigúnyol merendahkan, mencela, mengejek gera gys að deridere あざける 비웃다, 조소[]하다 supeikti, išjuokti izsmiet; ņirgāties mencemuh schimpen blåse av, avvise hånlig szydzić troçar a-şi bate joc (de) насмехаться, осмеивать posmievať sa norčevati se rugati se hånskratta åt, begabba แสดงอาการดูหมิ่น alay etmek 嘲笑 насміхатися; глузувати مزاق اڑانا chế giễu 嘲笑