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taunt

2  [tawnt, tahnt]
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–adjective Nautical.
tall, as a mast.
Origin:
1490–1500; orig. uncert.

taunt

1  [tawnt, tahnt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
2. to provoke by taunts; twit.
–noun
3. an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
4. Obsolete. an object of insulting gibes or scornful reproaches.
Origin:
1505–15; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
taunter, noun
taunt⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. censure, upbraid, flout, insult. 2, 3. jeer. See ridicule. 3. scoff, derision, insult, censure, ridicule.
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taunt 1   (tônt)   
tr.v.   taunt·ed, taunt·ing, taunts

  1. To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner. See Synonyms at ridicule.

  2. To drive or incite (a person) by taunting.

n.  A scornful remark or tirade; a jeer.

[Origin unknown.]
taunt'er n., taunt'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

taunt  (v.)
1515, possibly from M.Fr. tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from M.Fr. tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder." The noun is attested from 1529.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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