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verb | noun taunttaunt1 /tɔnt, tɑnt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYtaunt1Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French tenter to try, tempt VERB TABLEtaunt |
Present | I, you, we, they | taunt | | he, she, it | taunts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | taunted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have taunted | | he, she, it | has taunted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had taunted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will taunt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have taunted |
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Present | I | am taunting | | he, she, it | is taunting | | you, we, they | are taunting | Past | I, he, she, it | was taunting | | you, we, they | were taunting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been taunting | | he, she, it | has been taunting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been taunting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be taunting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been taunting |
to try to make someone angry or upset by saying things that are not nice: The older boys taunted Chris and called him a girl.—taunting adjective—tauntingly adverb verb | noun taunttaunt2 noun [countable often plural] a remark or joke intended to make someone angry or upset |