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Word: Scoff
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (first used as a noun in the sense ‘mockery, scorn’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skɒf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
Short Definition:speak to someone or about something in scornfully derisive or mocking way
Examples:- Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films
- ‘You, a scientist?’ he scoffed
Word: Scoff
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skɒf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an expression of scornful derision
Short Definition:expression of scornful derision
Examples:- scoffs of disbelief
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