Scoffing - English meaning
Scoffing – definitions in English dictionary
adjectiveContemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something.
Usage examples:
A scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane
nounContemptuous ridicule or mockery.
Usage examples:
He had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists
verbSpeak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Usage examples:
Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films
verbEat (something) quickly and greedily.
Usage examples:
He can scoff a cannelloni faster than you can drink a pint
verbPresent participle of scoff
Usage examples:
The critics scoffed at his paintings., years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars wo…
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Word origin
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’.
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