1 ~ (at sb/sth) to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or ridiculous:
[V] He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. * Don't scoff-she's absolutely right. [also Vspeech]
2 [VN] (BrE) (AmE scarf) (informal) to eat a lot of sth quickly:
Who scoffed all the grapes?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is scoff a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, scoff is tagged as verb.
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