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Word entry · 5 letters

taunt

Best crossword clue

"Mocking jab"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tɔːnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted anttuStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3U4N5T

Definitions

  1. harass with persistent criticism or carping

Word origin

From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.

Used in a sentence

  • The attacks and the failure to catch the killer created an atmosphere of fear and dismay throughout Yorkshire, and provoked grim taunts to the police at Leeds United football matches such as “Ripper 10, Police nil”
  • the great ships, for want of ſufficient masts, will lose the advantages the taunt masts would procure

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