"scoff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɔːf/ [US], /skɑːf/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-scoff.ogg [US], en-au-scoff.ogg [Australia] Forms: scoffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scof}} Middle English scof, {{m|enm|skof}} skof, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|non|skaup}} Old Norse skaup, {{cog|gmq-oda|skof}} Old Danish skof, {{cog|ofs|skof|t=insult, shame}} Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), {{cog|goh|scoph}} Old High German scoph Head templates: {{en-noun}} scoff (plural scoffs)
  1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. Synonyms: derision, ridicule, ridicule Translations (expression of derision): ծաղր (caġr) (Armenian), подигравка (podigravka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), присмех (prismeh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pilkka (Finnish), iva (Finnish), dérision [feminine] (French), ridicule [masculine] (French), moquerie [feminine] (French), Spott [masculine] (German), sindiran (Indonesian), scherno (Italian), derisione [feminine] (Italian), verso [masculine] (Italian), scorno [masculine] (Italian), ridicolo [masculine] (Italian), trufariá [feminine] (Occitan), derision [feminine] (Occitan), escòrna [feminine] (Occitan), escarniment [masculine] (Occitan), batjocură [feminine] (Romanian), bătaie de joc [feminine] (Romanian), derâdere [feminine] (Romanian), насме́шка (nasméška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-noun-yk58OPpS Disambiguation of 'expression of derision': 75 25
  2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. Translations (object of scorn, mockery, or derision): посмешище (posmešište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pilkan kohde (Finnish), hazmerreír [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-noun-Jt4Oyrre Disambiguation of 'object of scorn, mockery, or derision': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /skɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɔːf/ [US], /skɑːf/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-scoff.ogg [US], en-au-scoff.ogg [Australia] Forms: scoffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|scaff}} scaff, {{m|en|scarf||eat quickly}} scarf (“eat quickly”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scoff (countable and uncountable, plural scoffs)
  1. (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) Food. Tags: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, countable, slang, uncountable Translations (slang: food): mättö (Finnish), safka (Finnish), Fressalie [feminine] (German), mangiare (Italian), cibaria [feminine] (Italian), haleală [feminine] (Romanian), potol [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-noun-SDRMr7DU Categories (other): Newfoundland English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 30 2 6 16 18 18 Disambiguation of 'slang: food': 95 5
  2. (slang) The act of eating. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-noun-DwChyj1A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɔːf/ [US], /skɑːf/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-scoff.ogg [US], en-au-scoff.ogg [Australia] Forms: scoffs [present, singular, third-person], scoffing [participle, present], scoffed [participle, past], scoffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scof}} Middle English scof, {{m|enm|skof}} skof, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|non|skaup}} Old Norse skaup, {{cog|gmq-oda|skof}} Old Danish skof, {{cog|ofs|skof|t=insult, shame}} Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), {{cog|goh|scoph}} Old High German scoph Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: sneer Translations (to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision): присмивам се (prismivam se) (Bulgarian), подигравам се (podigravam se) (Bulgarian), spotten (Dutch), ivata (Finnish), ilkkua (Finnish), pilkata (Finnish), se gausser (French), se moquer (French), tourner en ridicule (French), spotten (German), spötteln (German), kinevet (Hungarian), kigúnyol (Hungarian), gúnyolódik (Hungarian), hæða (Icelandic), draga dár (Icelandic), gera gys (Icelandic), menyindir (Indonesian), deridere (Italian), schernire (Italian), fare il verso (Italian), motteggiare (Italian), cavillor (Latin), taunu (Maori), tāwai (Maori), aniani (Maori), se trufar (Occitan), se garçar (Occitan), batjocori (Romanian), ridiculiza (Romanian), насмехаться (nasmexatʹsja) (Russian), осмеивать (osmeivatʹ) (Russian), burlarse (Spanish), gwawdio (Welsh), gwatwar (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-verb-tE4tF685 Disambiguation of 'to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision': 72 28
  2. (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn. Tags: transitive Synonyms: contemn, deride
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-verb-MNijcpSn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /skɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skɔːf/ [US], /skɑːf/ [Inland-Northern-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-scoff.ogg [US], en-au-scoff.ogg [Australia] Forms: scoffs [present, singular, third-person], scoffing [participle, present], scoffed [participle, past], scoffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|scaff}} scaff, {{m|en|scarf||eat quickly}} scarf (“eat quickly”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)
  1. (British, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly. Tags: British, Newfoundland, slang Synonyms: gobble, scarf [US] Translations (to eat food quickly): лапам (lapam) (Bulgarian), нагъвам (nagǎvam) (Bulgarian), schrokken (Dutch), õgima (Estonian), ahmia (Finnish), engloutir (French), verschlingen (German), fal (Hungarian), befal (Hungarian), felfal (Hungarian), trangugiare (Italian), kai hāporo (Maori), kaihorohoro (Maori), hāupaupa (Maori), ngūngū (Maori), kaihoro (Maori), horohororē (Maori), hali (Romanian), înfuleca (Romanian), уплетать (upletatʹ) (Russian), лопать (lopatʹ) (Russian), devorar (Spanish), zampar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-verb-sEh6eSE2 Categories (other): British English, Newfoundland English Disambiguation of 'to eat food quickly': 89 11
  2. (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) To eat. Tags: British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, slang
    Sense id: en-scoff-en-verb-RCpYtcIK Categories (other): Newfoundland English, South African English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scoff down Related terms: scuff
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "21 79",
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        "To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision."
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        "(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "prismivam se",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "присмивам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podigravam se",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "подигравам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "spotten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "ivata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "ilkkua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "pilkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "se gausser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "se moquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
          "word": "tourner en ridicule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 28",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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      "expansion": "Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "scoph"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German scoph",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scoffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1852, The Dublin University Magazine, page 66",
          "text": "There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derisive",
          "derisive"
        ],
        [
          "contempt",
          "contempt"
        ],
        [
          "reproach",
          "reproach"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "derision"
        },
        {
          "word": "ridicule"
        },
        {
          "word": "ridicule"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An object of scorn, mockery, or derision."
      ],
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        [
          "scorn",
          "scorn"
        ],
        [
          "mockery",
          "mockery"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/skɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɔːf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɑːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg/En-us-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg/En-au-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "caġr",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "word": "ծաղր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podigravka",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подигравка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prismeh",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "присмех"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "word": "pilkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "word": "iva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dérision"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ridicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moquerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spott"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "word": "sindiran"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "word": "scherno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derisione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ridicolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trufariá"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derision"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escòrna"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarniment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "batjocură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bătaie de joc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "derâdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasméška",
      "sense": "expression of derision",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "насме́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posmešište",
      "sense": "object of scorn, mockery, or derision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посмешище"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object of scorn, mockery, or derision",
      "word": "pilkan kohde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object of scorn, mockery, or derision",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hazmerreír"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scoff"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɒf",
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        "3": "scof"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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      },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "skof",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "scoph"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German scoph",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.",
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    {
      "form": "scoffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scoffed",
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      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jeer",
          "jeer"
        ],
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ],
        [
          "contempt",
          "contempt"
        ],
        [
          "derision",
          "derision"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sneer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mock; to treat with scorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mock",
          "mock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "contemn"
        },
        {
          "word": "deride"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɔːf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɑːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg/En-us-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg/En-au-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prismivam se",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "присмивам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podigravam se",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "подигравам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "spotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "ivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "ilkkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "pilkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "se gausser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "se moquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "tourner en ridicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "spotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "spötteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "kinevet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "kigúnyol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "gúnyolódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "hæða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "draga dár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "gera gys"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "menyindir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "deridere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "schernire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "fare il verso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "motteggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "cavillor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "taunu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "tāwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "aniani"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "se trufar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "se garçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "batjocori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "ridiculiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasmexatʹsja",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "насмехаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osmeivatʹ",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "осмеивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "burlarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "gwawdio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision",
      "word": "gwatwar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scoff"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf/1 syllable"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scaff"
      },
      "expansion": "scaff",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scarf",
        "3": "",
        "4": "eat quickly"
      },
      "expansion": "scarf (“eat quickly”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).",
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    {
      "form": "scoffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "Newfoundland English",
        "South African English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Food."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) Food."
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        "British-Army",
        "Newfoundland",
        "South-Africa",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy",
          "text": "Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The act of eating."
      ],
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        "(slang) The act of eating."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/skɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɔːf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɑːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg/En-us-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg/En-au-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "word": "mättö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "word": "safka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fressalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "word": "mangiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cibaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haleală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slang: food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "potol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scoff"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "scoff down"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scaff"
      },
      "expansion": "scaff",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scarf",
        "3": "",
        "4": "eat quickly"
      },
      "expansion": "scarf (“eat quickly”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scoffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoffed",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scoffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scuff"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Newfoundland English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eat food quickly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gobble"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "scarf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Newfoundland",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "Newfoundland English",
        "South African English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) To eat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British-Army",
        "Newfoundland",
        "South-Africa",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/skɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɔːf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɑːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Inland-Northern-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg/En-us-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-scoff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg/En-au-scoff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-au-scoff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lapam",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "лапам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nagǎvam",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "нагъвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "schrokken"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "õgima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "ahmia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "engloutir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "verschlingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "fal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "befal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "felfal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "trangugiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "kai hāporo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "kaihorohoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "hāupaupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "ngūngū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "kaihoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "horohororē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "hāupaupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "hali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "înfuleca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upletatʹ",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "уплетать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lopatʹ",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "лопать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "devorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to eat food quickly",
      "word": "zampar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scoff"
}

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