scoff
Meaning of scoff
verb
- speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films
‘You, a scientist?’ he scoffed
- an expression of scornful derision.
scoffs of disbelief
Middle English (first used as a noun in the sense ‘mockery, scorn’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
verb- eat (something) quickly and greedily.
he can scoff a cannelloni faster than you can drink a pint
- food.
ice cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet
late 18th century (as a verb): originally a variant of Scots and dialect scaff . The noun is via Afrikaans from Dutch schoft ‘quarter of a day, work shift’, (by extension) ‘meal’.
Information about scoff
- The plural form of scoff is: scoffs.
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Hyphenation of scoff
scoff
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- scoff is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
scoff synonyms
Meaning jeer:
jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing, flout, barrack, gibe
Meaning flout:
Meaning tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner:
Meaning express contempt for; ridicule:
Meaning subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour:
Meaning feel or express contempt or disdain for:
Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:
Meaning dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant:
Meaning provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks:
Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:
Meaning put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it:
Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:
Meaning eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink):
Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:
Meaning eat (something) hurriedly and noisily:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning eat food enthusiastically or greedily:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:
Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:
Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:
Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):
Meaning swallow (something) greedily:
Meaning any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth:
Meaning a range of food of a particular type:
Meaning items of food:
Meaning a light snack or drink:
Meaning food:
Meaning light food or snacks:
Meaning a meal:
Meaning food eaten by children at school as a snack:
Meaning a throw:
Meaning food or provisions:
Meaning variant spelling of victual:
Meaning food of any kind:
Anagrams of scoff
Words that rhyme with scoff
coff, Ribicoff, Walcoff, Concoff, counterscoff, kenscoff, Wycoff
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