transcription, транскрипция: [ ̈ɪtɔ:nt ]
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. øøtaunter n. tauntingly adv. [16th c., in phr. taunt for taunt f. F tant pour tant tit for tat, hence a smart rejoinder]