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scoffs

scoffs is the plural of scoff.

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

Meaning of scoff

Noun (1)

scoff (plural scoffs)

  1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
    • VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
    • [T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

scoff (countable and uncountable, plural scoffs)

  1. (British-Army, Newfoundland, South Africa, slang) Food.
  2. (slang) The act of eating.
    • Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy

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Phrases with scoffs

Questions about scoffs

What is scoffs the plural of?
Scoffs is the plural of scoff.

Words near scoffs in the dictionary

  1. scoffingly
  2. scoffings
  3. scofflaw
  4. scofflawry
  5. scofflaws
  6. scoffs
  7. scoffs down
  8. scoffs up
  9. Scofield
  10. Scofields
  11. Scogan

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