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Definition of: scoff
(skôf, skof) v.i.
To speak with contempt or derision; jeer: often with at.
—v.t. To deride; mock.
—noun An expression or an object of contempt or derision. See synonyms under SNEER. [ME scof, prob. <Scand. Cf. Dan. skof a jest, mockery.]
—scoff′er noun
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