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scoff1 definition

scoff (skäf, skôf)

noun

  1. an expression of mocking contempt, scorn, or derision; jeer
  2. 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

to mock at or deride

intransitive verb

to show mocking contempt, scorn, or derision, esp. by language; jeer

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scoff2 definition

scoff (skäf, skôf)

noun

Chiefly Brit., Slang food or rations

Etymology: < dial. scaff < ?

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to eat or devour
  2. to plunder or seize

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