scoff
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Is scoff a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of scoff?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.Examples: "Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray."Synonyms: sneerintransitive
2. (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.Synonyms: contemn, deridetransitive
noun (English)
1. (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) Food.British-ArmyNewfoundlandSouth-Africacountableslanguncountable
2. (slang) The act of eating.Examples: "Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]"countableslanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (British, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly.Examples: "The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone."Synonyms: gobble, scarfBritishNewfoundlandslang
2. (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) To eat.British-ArmyNewfoundlandSouth-Africaslang
Definition source: Wiktionary