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Noun scoffing has 1 sense
  1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing - showing your contempt by derision
    --1 is a kind of derision
    Derived forms: verb scoff2, verb scoff1
,Verb scoff has 2 senses
  1. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
    --1 is one way to tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
    Derived forms: noun scoff1, noun scoffer2, noun scoffing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. scoff, flout - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
    --2 is one way to dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
    Derived forms: noun scoff1, noun scoffer2, noun scoffing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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