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What (who) is SCOFFED - definition
Scoffed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Scoff.
scoff
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SCOFF (disambiguation); Scoff (disambiguation)
(scoffs, scoffing, scoffed)
1.
If you scoff at something, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
At first I scoffed at the notion...
You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind...
= mock
VERB: V at n, V
2.
If you scoff food, you eat it quickly and greedily. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The pancakes were so good that I scoffed the lot.
VERB: V n
scoff
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SCOFF (disambiguation); Scoff (disambiguation)
To eat food
Better go scoff, I'm starving.
Better go scoff, I'm starving.
Examples of use of SCOFFED
1. A campaign official privately scoffed, calling the figure significantly inflated.
2. Tugarin scoffed at the compensation doled out by the NHL.
3. Prosecutors scoffed at the argument, and Ellis seemed skeptical.
4. He scoffed at them, threatened them and ordered them away.
5. Educators and Western military officials scoffed at the notion.