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Definition of Scoff

Scoff
Scoff Scoff (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.] 1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. 2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. --Cowper.
Scoff
Scoff Scoff, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. --Glanvill.

Meaning of Scoff from wikipedia

- up scoff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scoff or SCOFF may refer to: Scoff, a colloquial term for the act of eating, usually quickly "Scoff" a song...
- The SCOFF questionnaire utilizes an acronym in a simple five question test devised for use by non-professionals to ****ess the possible presence of an...
- The Scoffer is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by Allan Dwan and starring Mary Thurman. It was released through ****ociated...
- Louis Scoffic (May 20, 1913 – August 28, 1997) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in four games as a right fielder and pinch runner...
- They've Scoffed the Lot is a compilation of radio session recordings by the indie pop band Talulah Gosh. Scoffed was issued in 1991 by the independent...
- lyrics – was memorable for its chorus that "served as the rip". While "Scoff" is "a parting salvo at [Cobain's parents]", "Negative Creep" was written...
- cup." Po****r in circles where the game is called "Scoff", the game starts with someone yelling "Scoff!" followed by players ****embling around the cup....
- Patrick Skoff (January 22) is a Chicago-based artist most notable for his "art scavenger hunts" in which he leaves his poster-size paintings around the...
- root word mock traces to the Old French mocquer (later moquer), meaning to scoff at, laugh at, deride, or fool, although the origin of mocquer is itself...
- or otherwise ignored anti-drinking laws. It is a compound of the words scoff and law. Its use has been extended to mean one who flouts any law, especially...