Definitions for taunts

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taunts taunt

Spelling: [tawnt, tahnt]

IPA: /tɔnt, tɑnt/

Taunts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in taunts (ansttu).

Definitions for taunts

noun

1. an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
2. Obsolete. an object of insulting gibes or scornful reproaches.

adjective

1. tall, as a mast.

verb (used with object)

1. to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
2. to provoke by taunts; twit.

Origin of taunts

First recorded in 1505-15; origin uncertain

Examples for taunts

When you taunt me as you do to my face, how can I wonder that you taunt her behind her back!'

I had already forgiven you, even before you ceased to reproach and taunt me.

Herkimer's tanned and swarthy face changed color at this taunt.

None but cowards will insult and taunt the defeated and defenceless.

Katya and her cronies laugh at and taunt Vasily as he leaves court.

Opposing fans often taunt him, screaming, “Swear in a minute, he's going to swear in a minute.”

Today, McConnell, in an effort to taunt Democrats in the Senate, introduced the measure and challenged the Senate to vote on it.

As the Kenyan government struggled to retake the mall, Shabaab lobbed taunt after taunt.

"You've never asked me to marry you," she said quietly, this time without a taunt.

Hassan Nasrallah fought the Israelis and lives to taunt them.