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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr & vb n. {Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten fr fluit, fr French. See {Flute}.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me --Walton. Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flout \Flout\, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flout \Flout\, n. A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flout v 1: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: {scoff}] 2: laugh or scoff at "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: {jeer}, {scoff}, {barrack}, {gibe}]
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