scoff

Meaning

Noun

1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
2. (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Verb

1. (British, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly.
2. (British-Army, Newfoundland, South-Africa, slang) To eat.

Synonyms

mock

jeer

sneer

gibe

flout

mockery

ridicule

scorn

deride

taunt

gobble

barrack

jibe

make fun of

scoffing

derision

fleer

raillery

wolf

🐺

boo

devour

abuse

jeering

gorge

hoot

rail

rally

revile

ridiculing

roast

sarcasm

satirize

scarf

🧣

seize

target

tease

gorge oneself

twit

sneer at

pish

poke fun

making fun of

scron

blasphemy

blaze

contumely

cynical

detraction

eat

🍽️

embarrass

Translations

spotten

scherno

Spott

spotten

verspotten

derisione

moquerie

mofarse

bafouer

ludibrio

burlarse

alay

foppen

bespotten

χλευάζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɒf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scof

Cognate with Old Norse: skaup

Cognate with Old Frisian: skof

Cognate with Old High German: scoph

In summary

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.