scoff

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scoff [scoff scoffs scoffed scoffing] BrE [skɒf] NAmE [skɔːf] NAmE [skɑːf] verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (at sb/sth) | + speech to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or ridiculous
Syn: ↑mock
•He scoffed at our amateurish attempts.
•Don't scoff— she's absolutely right.
2. (BrE) (NAmE scarf)transitive ~ (sth) (informal)to eat a lot of sth quickly
•Who scoffed all the grapes?
See also: ↑scarf
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
sense 1 Middle English ‘mockery, scorn’ Scandinavian sense 2 late 18th cent. Scots scaff Afrikaans schoff Dutch schoft ‘quarter of a day’ ‘meal’

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing, flout, barrack, gibe