## Meanings
1. To speak about someone or something in a mocking, scornful way.
2. To eat something quickly and greedily.
3. A mocking or scornful remark.

## Examples
- Critics scoffed at the idea when it was first announced.
- He scoffed all the snacks before anyone else arrived.
- Her bold plan was met with scoffs from the committee.

## Related Forms
- scuff

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scof

## Etymology
From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.

## AI Etymology
Scoff is from Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph. In present-day use, it can mean to speak about someone or something in a mocking, scornful way, or to eat something quickly and greedily. Related vocabulary includes scuff.

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