scoff
scoff (skäf, skôf)
noun
- an expression of mocking contempt, scorn, or derision; jeer
- an object of mocking contempt, scorn, etc.
Etymology: ME scof, prob. < Scand: akin to OE scop, singer, OHG skof, poem, ridicule: for IE base see shove
transitive verb
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- scoffer scoff′er noun
- scoffingly scoff′·ingly adverb
scoff (skäf, skôf)
noun
Etymology: < dial. scaff < ?
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to eat or devour
- to plunder or seize
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