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

• pull one's weight
• pull-ons
• pullorum disease
• pull out
• pull-out
• pull out all the stops
• pull out a…stop
• pull over
• pullover
• pullovers
• pull rank
• pull round
• pulls
• pull someone's leg
• pull strings
• pull-tab
• pull-tabs
• pull technology
• pull the chestnuts out of the fire
• pull the forelock
• pull the long bow
• pull the plug on
• pull the rug from under
• pull the rug from under see under
• pull the rug from under someone see under