taunt¹ /tönt/

1. To goad or provoke in a wounding way
2. To censure or reproach sarcastically or contemptuously

To gibe

1. A wounding gibe
2. An object of taunts (Bible)

tauntˈer noun

tauntˈing noun and adjective

tauntˈingly adverb

taunt² /tönt/ (nautical)

(esp of the masts of ships) very tall

• not see beyond one's nose
• not see further than the end of one's nose
• not see the wood for the trees
• nott
• not take no for an answer
• not tell chalk from cheese
• not that
• not the end of the world
• not the faintest
• not the full quid
• not the full shilling
• not the word for it
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to give a monkey's
• not to have a ghost
• not to have a ghost of a chance
• not to know a B from a battledore
• not to lead the life of a dog
• not to mention
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to say
• not touch with a bargepole
• not to worry
• Notts.