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scoffing up

scoffing up is the present participle and gerund of scoff up.

Meaning of scoff up

Verb

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

  1. (UK, informal) Synonym of scarf down.
    • And we left most of the oversweet and overprocessed cake on the plate, scoffing up the fresh berries instead.2009 July 17, Emily DeNitto, “Great Expectations and the Denouement”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2018
    Synonyms:
    scarf down

Questions about scoffing up

What is scoffing up the present participle and gerund of?
Scoffing up is the present participle and gerund of scoff up.

Words near scoffing up in the dictionary

  1. scoffers
  2. scoffery
  3. scoffeth
  4. scoffing
  5. scoffing down
  6. scoffing up
  7. scoffing-stock
  8. scoffing-stocks
  9. scoffingly
  10. scoffings
  11. scofflaw

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