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41scoff — verb 1 (I) to laugh at a person or idea, and talk about them in a way that shows you think they are stupid (+ at): They scoffed at the idea that anything could be changed. 2 (T) BrE informal to eat something very quickly: Who s scoffed all the… …
42scoff — verb they scoffed at her article Syn: mock, deride, ridicule, sneer at, jeer at, jibe at, taunt, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, scorn, laugh to scorn, dismiss, make light of, belittle; informal pooh pooh …
43scoff — Verb. To eat. Informal Noun. Food. Informal …
44scoff — [skɒf] verb 1) [I] to laugh or say things to show that you do not respect someone or something 2) [T] British informal to eat a lot of something very quickly …
45scoff — Pāhenehene. See jeer …
46scoff — 1. n. Food. 2. v. Eat (greedily) …
47scoff — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (usu. foll. by at) speak derisively, esp. of serious subjects; mock; be scornful. n. 1 mocking words; a taunt. 2 an object of ridicule. Derivatives: scoffer n. scoffingly adv. Etymology: perh. f. Scand.: cf. early mod. Da. skuf …
48scoff at an idea — ridicule an idea, sneer at a notion …
49Alain Scoff — Alain Scoff, né le 1er décembre 1940 est un scénariste, auteur de théâtre et écrivain français. Après avoir publié des essais et des pièces de théâtre, il réalise quelques mises en scène et fréquente Pierre Dac. Il commence sa carrière… …
50be the scoff and jest of — be an object of ridicule and scorn …
