Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To mock at or treat with derision.
- v. To show or express derision or scorn.
- n. An expression of derision or scorn.
- v. To eat (food) quickly and greedily.
- v. To eat greedily.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An expression of contempt, derision, or mocking scorn; a taunt; a gibe; a flout.
- n. An object of scoffing or scorn; a mark for derision; a butt.
- To speak jeeringly or derisively; manifest mockery, derision, or ridicule; utter contemptuous or taunting language; mock; deride: generally with at before the object.
- Synonyms Gibe, Jeer, etc. See sneer.
- To treat with derision or scorn; mock at; ridicule; deride.
- To eat hastily; devour.
- n. Food; “grub.”
- To steal; carry off.
Wiktionary
- n. Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
- n. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
- v. To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
- n. South Africa Food.
- v. UK To eat food quickly.
- v. South Africa To eat.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
- n. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
- v. To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with
at . - v. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
WordNet 3.0
- v. treat with contemptuous disregard
- v. laugh at with contempt and derision
- n. showing your contempt by derision
Etymologies
- From Afrikaans. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English scoffen, from scof, mockery, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish skof, jest, teasing.Alteration of obsolete scaff. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“oh I'm not smug * scoff scoff scoff*, One just prefers a superior * scoff scoff* product”
“Who knew I was using the word scoff wrong all these years?”
“When I was in the forces (I sound like Uncle Albert …” During the War!”) the only time I wore my uniform off duty was at the end of the working day and I was in barracks getting scoff from the Naafi.”
“This was topic of much debate by other nearby stations in other towns and the officers on one particular shift took great delight in rubbing everyones nose in it about how great the scoff was and all for free.”
“Editor's note: Of course you are going to "scoff" at the engineering Alex.”
“We have rigged up a sun shelter and have just dined, our "scoff" (Kaffir for "grub") being bread and bully beef.”
“How ever could you think that I should "scoff" at any of your magnanimous effusions?”
“These were such as scoff at sacred and divine subjects.”
“Yes, she is '-- as there was a kind of scoff --' and we are bound on a mission to your King from the King of Scots, and woe to him that touches a feather of ours. ”
“And if your book was a bestseller, he'd kind of scoff and go, "Well, teenage girls and/or housewives buy just about anything.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘scoff’.
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Test Prep or Just for fun
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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SMILE and other emotive verbs
Single verbs that describe expression or emotional reaction. "He __ed" (smiled/gulped/scoffed...)
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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(1st_wk_150)-Dec_5_2012
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 297 more...
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Alternatives to EAT
Eat is a boring word.
chew, devour, gorge, feed, nibble, wolf, ruminate, scoff, munch, crunch, swallow
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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Words For Novel
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 288 more...
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Vocabulary Words
words to reference while writing something
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Canadianisms
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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