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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To show contempt for; scorn: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt.
  2. v. To be scornful.
  3. n. A contemptuous action or remark; an insult.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A flute.
  2. n. A boys' whistle.
  3. n. A truss or bundle.
  4. To play on the flute.
  5. To mock; jeer; scoff; behave with disdain or contumely: with at before an object.
  6. To mock or scoff at; treat with disdain or contempt.
  7. Synonyms See taunt.
  8. n. A mock; a scoff; a gibe.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To express contempt for the rules by word or action.
  2. v. To scorn.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
  2. v. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
  3. n. A mock; an insult.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. treat with contemptuous disregard
  2. v. laugh at with contempt and derision

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps from Middle English flouten, to play the flute; compare with Dutch fluiten. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps from Middle English flouten, to play the flute, from Old French flauter, from flaute, flute; see flute. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. sneer
  1. fleer
  1. mock
  1. insult

hypernyms (18)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. disregard
  2. push aside
  3. brush off
  1. brush aside
  2. dismiss
  3. discount
  1. ignore
  2. ride
  3. rally
  1. bait
  2. rag
  3. cod
  1. tantalise
  2. twit
  3. tantalize
  1. razz
  2. taunt
  3. tease

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. mailbomb
  2. kelpie
  3. latitudinarianism
  4. moulded
  1. lute-player
  2. adventurousness
  3. jeering
  4. stepdame
  1. noisemaker
  2. deshabille
  3. stodginess
  4. come-hither
  1. AZ
  2. housekeeping
  3. archness
  4. juddering
  1. remind
  2. rattletrap
  3. debar
  4. malapert
  1. act
  2. cur-dog
  3. whippersnapper
  4. carryover

rhymes (32)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Kraut
  2. Redoubt
  3. about
  4. all-out
  5. bout
  6. clout
  1. crout
  2. devout
  3. doubt
  4. drought
  5. gout
  6. grout
  1. hout
  2. kraut
  3. lout
  4. out
  5. pout
  6. redoubt
  1. reroute
  2. rout
  3. route
  4. scout
  5. shout
  6. snout
  1. spout
  2. sprout
  3. stout
  4. strout
  5. throughout
  6. tout
  1. trout
  2. without

reverse dictionary (21)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. taunt
  2. fleer
  3. jeer
  4. jerk
  1. flock
  2. gibe
  3. glike
  4. scoff
  1. scomm
  2. frump
  3. bemock
  4. Bob
  1. lout
  2. flout
  3. scout
  4. fling
  1. flirt
  2. laugh
  3. lysshe
  4. mock
  1. upbraid

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  • kingparton I will prove to you that my love has grown, that it is greater to me than my class and all that is dearest to me. All that is dearest to the bourgeoisie I will flout. I am no longer afraid of life.

    Jack London, Martin Eden Jan 2, 2012

  • bilby "Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn
    By dressing it in rags."
    - Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King Nov 19, 2007

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