transitive. To mock, deride, taunt.

transitive. To treat with scorn, to mock. Obsolete.

transitive. To pull forcibly, to tug; to snatch. In early use also with adverb, as out, down, off. Also intransitive with at.

transitive. To mock, taunt. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish).

intransitive. To speak derisively, mock, jeer. Const. at, †of, †over, †upon, †with. Chiefly implying unworthy derision, as of something deserving…

transitive. To mock, jeer, insult; to express contempt for, either in word or action. Also to flout (a person) out of (something).

To reproach (a person) with something in a sarcastic, scornful, or insulting way.

figurative. transitive. To assail with jest or sarcasm; to sneer or scoff at. ? Obsolete.

transitive. To scoff at, deride, ridicule irreverently. ? Obsolete exc. U.S.

transitive. To address with scoffs and sneers; to flout, taunt.

transitive. To sneer or scoff at, flout (not clearly distinguishable from figurative use of 2). Obsolete.

intransitive. To make a jest or gibe (at a person).

intransitive. to geck at: to scoff at, to use mocking language or gestures towards.

intransitive. to gall at: to scoff at. Obsolete.

transitive. To address or treat with scornful derision; to deride, flout, openly mock or scoff at.

absol.; †also intransitive to gird at.

transitive. To jeer at; to ridicule; to banter.

To laugh mockingly or scornfully; to smile or grin contemptuously; hence, to gibe, jeer, sneer. Const. at, †upon.

(transitive) to salute with the cry ‘chi-hike’; also absol. or intransitive, to make a noisy demonstration. In Australia and (less commonly) New…

intransitive. To taunt or tease; to jeer or scoff at a person or thing. Also: to criticize, reproach, or denigrate a person or thing. Cf. sense 1e.

transitive. To taunt or tease (a person); to jeer or scoff at (a person). Also: to criticize, reproach, or denigrate (a person).

to sling off (at), to jeer (at). Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

transitive. To mislead, to deceive, to ‘kid’; to taunt or sneer at. Also intransitive, to talk jive, to talk nonsense, to act foolishly.

To taunt. Cf. sense 3d above. U.S. slang. rare.

transitive. U.S. Black English. (See quots. and cf. woofing n. adj. at woof, v.2 derivatives) Occasionally intransitive with at.