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flouts

/flaʊts/

flouts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about flouts

What is flouts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flouts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flout.
How do you pronounce flouts?
Flouts is pronounced /flaʊts/.

Words near flouts in the dictionary

  1. flouteth
  2. flouting
  3. flouting at
  4. floutingly
  5. floutings
  6. flouts
  7. flouts at
  8. flovagatran
  9. flow
  10. flow art
  11. flow arts

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