Category:Taunt

Taunt, a. Etym: [cf. Of. tant so great, f. tant so much, l. tantus of Such size, so great, so much.] (naut.)

Defn: very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.

Taunt Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym: [earlier, to tease; probably fr. Of. tanter to tempt, to try, for Tenter. See tempt.]

Defn: to reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to Upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When i had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak.

Syn. -- to deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See deride.

Taunt Taunt, n.

Defn: upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting Invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.