spurn
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English spurnen from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject”).
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spurn (third-person singular simple present spurns, present participle spurning, simple past and past participle spurned)
- (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
- (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
- 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, BBC Sport:
- Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.
- 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, BBC Sport:
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to reject disdainfully
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to reject by pushing away with the foot
[edit] Noun
spurn (plural spurns)
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an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
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