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scoffs up

scoffs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is scoffs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scoffs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scoff up.

Words near scoffs up in the dictionary

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

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