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flouting

/ˈflaʊtɪŋ/

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Australia[ˈflæɔɾɪŋ]

flouting is the present participle and gerund of flout.

Meaning of flout

Verb

flout (third-person singular simple present flouts, present participle flouting, simple past and past participle flouted)

  1. (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
    • The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.2012 September 29, “Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance”, in The Economist
    Synonyms:
    fleer, jeer, gird, jibe, scoff, scorn
  2. (archaic, transitive) To scorn.
    • Yet all ' s not worth a pin, But could not get her; Phillida flouts me. Dick had her to the Vine1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

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Noun

flouting (plural floutings)

  1. The act by which something is flouted.
    • We have observed that implicatures are a standard strategy for overcoming apparent floutings of the maxims of quality.2013, Scott Brewer, Precedents, Statutes, and Analysis of Legal Concepts

Forms of flouting

pluralfloutings

Phrases with flouting

Words that rhyme with flouting

Questions about flouting

What does flouting mean?
Flouting means the act by which something is flouted.
What is flouting the present participle and gerund of?
Flouting is the present participle and gerund of flout.
What part of speech is flouting?
Flouting is a noun.
How do you pronounce flouting?
Flouting is pronounced /ˈflaʊtɪŋ/.
What is the plural of flouting?
The plural of flouting is floutings.

Words near flouting in the dictionary

  1. flouted at
  2. flouter
  3. flouters
  4. floutest
  5. flouteth
  6. flouting
  7. flouting at
  8. floutingly
  9. floutings
  10. flouts
  11. flouts at

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