taunt
/tɔnt/ verb C1- To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. · John taunts his brother to reveal his hiding spot.
He/she/it taunts · Past taunted · Past participle taunted · -ing form taunting
Verb forms
- Base form
- taunt
- He/she/it
- taunts
- Past
- taunted
- Past participle
- taunted
- -ing form
- taunting
From the library
A KID standing on the roof of a house, out of harm’s way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him.
But suddenly, as her dilated, frightened eyes gazed out over the audience, she saw Gilbert Blythe away at the back of the room, bending forward with a smile on his face--a smile which seemed to Anne at once triumphant and taunting.
Josie Pye, whom he had driven over, sat beside him, and her face certainly was both triumphant and taunting.
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