scoff

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɒf/ (US) IPA(key): /skɔːf/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /skɑːf/ Rhymes: -ɒf === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== scoff (plural scoffs) A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. Synonyms: derision, ridicule; see also Thesaurus:ridicule An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed) (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. Synonyms: laugh at, sneer; see also Thesaurus:sneer (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn. Synonyms: contemn, deride; see also Thesaurus:deride, Thesaurus:mock, Thesaurus:jeer at ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”). ==== Noun ==== scoff (countable and uncountable, plural scoffs) (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) Food. (slang) The act of eating. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== scoff (third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed) (UK, Newfoundland, slang) To eat food quickly. Synonyms: gobble, (US) scarf (Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) To eat. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === scuff === References ===