TAUNT


Meaning of TAUNT in English

n. & v.

n. a thing said in order to anger or wound a person.

v.tr. 1 assail with taunts. 2 reproach (a person) contemptuously. taunter n. tauntingly adv.

[ 16th c., in phr. taunt for taunt f. F tant pour tant tit for tat, hence a smart rejoinder ]

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