taunt

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To say cruel or mocking things to someone to upset or provoke them.

   The older boys taunted him about his old shoes.

2. 2
   noun

   A cruel or mocking remark meant to upset someone.

   He ignored the taunts of the crowd and kept playing.

Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such size, so great, so much”). See ataunt.

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