taunt

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnt
• (RP) IPA: /tɔːnt/

  Rhymes: -ɔːnt

• (US) IPA: /tɔnt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /tɑnt/

Verb

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

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

Translations

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

Bulgarian: надсмивам се, подигравам се Dutch: hekelen (nl) Finnish: pilkata (fi) French: narguer (fr) German: verspotten (de) Greek: λοιδορώ (lidoro), χλευάζω (khlevazo), σαρκάζω (sarkazo), κοροϊδεύω (koroidevo) Hebrew: סָנַט (he) Hungarian: kigúnyol (hu)

Icelandic: smána (is), brigsla (is), hæða (is) Italian: schernire (it) Korean: 조롱하다 (jorong-hada), 모욕하다 (moyok-hada) Norwegian: håne (no) Portuguese: zombar (pt) Russian: насмехаться (nasmexát’s’a) Spanish: mofarse (es) Swedish: häckla (sv), pika (sv), smäda (sv) Turkish: alay etmek (tr), sataşmak (tr), iğnelemek (tr)

Noun

taunt (plural taunts)

1. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery

Translations

a scornful or mocking remark

Chinese: 嘲弄 (cháonòng) Dutch: schimpscheut m. Finnish: pilkka (fi) French: sarcasme (fr) m. German: Spott (de) m. Greek: χλευασμός (khlevasmos) m., λοιδορία (lidoria) f., σαρκασμός (sarkasmos) m., κοροϊδία (koroidia) f. Hungarian: gúnyolódás (hu) Icelandic: smán (is) n., brigsl (is) n., hæðni (is) f.

Italian: scherno (it) Japanese: 嘲笑 (ちょうしょう, chōshō) Korean: 조롱 (jorong), 모욕 (moyok) Norwegian: forhånelse (no) m., hån (no) m., nid (no) n. Portuguese: zombaria (pt) f. Russian: колкость f. (kólkost’) Spanish: mofa (es) Swedish: gliring (sv) m., glåpord (sv) n. Turkish: alay (tr)