scoffverb
uk/skɒf/us/skɑːf/scoff verb (LAUGH)
[ I ] to laugh and speak about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly:
The critics scoffed at his paintings.
Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots.
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Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- haze
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- sardonic
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
- take off
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scoff verb (EAT)
[ T ] UK US scarf informal to eat something quickly and eagerly:
I baked a huge cake this morning, and the kids scoffed the lot.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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scoff
noun [ C usually plural ] ukus
Despite the scoffs of her colleagues, the experiment was completely successful.
scoffer
noun [ C usually plural ] uk/ˈskɒf.ər/us/ˈskɑː.fɚ/
I was able to prove the scoffers wrong.