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scoffed

scoffed is the simple past and past participle of scoff.

Meaning of scoff

Verb (1)

scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

  1. (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
    • Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    laugh at, sneer, gird, jeer, jibe, scorn
  2. (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Verb (2)

scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

  1. (Australia, Newfoundland, UK, slang) To eat food quickly.
    • ‘You got to own that this old Orlando Boop’s pretty hot stuff, having it out with the Baron for scoffing all the best food at his table.’1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 84
    Synonyms:
    gobble, scarf
  2. (British-Army, Newfoundland, South Africa, slang) To eat.

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Phrases with scoffed

Questions about scoffed

What is scoffed the simple past and past participle of?
Scoffed is the simple past and past participle of scoff.

Words near scoffed in the dictionary

  1. scoff down
  2. scoff up
  3. scoff-law
  4. scoff-laws
  5. scoffable
  6. scoffed
  7. scoffed down
  8. scoffed up
  9. scoffer
  10. scofferies
  11. Scoffern

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