Meaning of Scoff | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Food.
   British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, countable, slang, uncountable
2. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
3. The act of eating.
   countable, slang, uncountable
4. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Equivalents

Examples

“VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.”

“"I believe you've killed that constable in the exercise of his duty, sir; the man's dead;" said Lowe, sternly. / "Another gloss on my text; why invade me like house-breakers?" said Dangerfield, with a grim scoff.”

“There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]”

“[T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]”

“Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]”

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