taunt

English

taunt (third-person singular simple present taunts, present participle taunting, simple past and past participle taunted)

to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: надсмивам се (nadsmivam se), подигравам се (podigravam se)
Catalan: mofar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: hekelen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pilkata (fi)
French: narguer (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: verspotten (de), hänseln (de), Spott treiben mit
Greek: λοιδορώ (el) (loidoró), χλευάζω (el) (chlevázo), σαρκάζω (el) (sarkázo), κοροϊδεύω (el) (koroïdévo)
Hebrew: סָנַט‎‎
Hungarian: kigúnyol (hu)

taunt (plural taunts)

a scornful or mocking remark

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘲弄 (zh) (cháonòng)
Dutch: schimpscheut (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pilkka (fi)
French: sarcasme (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Spott (de) m, höhnische Bemerkung f, spöttische Bemerkung f, Stichelei (de) f
Greek: χλευασμός (el) m (chlevasmós), λοιδορία (el) f (loidoría), σαρκασμός (el) m (sarkasmós), κοροϊδία (el) f (koroïdía)
Hungarian: gúnyolódás, beszólás (hu)
Icelandic: smán (is) n, brigsl n, hæðni f
Irish: oirbhire f
Italian: scherno

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

taunt (comparative more taunt, superlative most taunt)

(nautical) Very high or tall.
a ship with taunt masts

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