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scoffeth

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

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Scoffeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scoff.

Words near scoffeth in the dictionary

  1. scofferies
  2. Scoffern
  3. Scofferns
  4. scoffers
  5. scoffery
  6. scoffeth
  7. scoffing
  8. scoffing down
  9. scoffing up
  10. scoffing-stock
  11. scoffing-stocks

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