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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taunt  \Taunt\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Taunted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Taunting}.]  [Earlier,  to  tease;  probably  fr  OF  tanter  to 
  tempt,  to  try  for  tenter.  See  {Tempt}.] 
  To  reproach  with  severe  or  insulting  words  to  revile;  to 
  upbraid;  to  jeer  at  to  flout. 
 
  When  I  had  at  my  pleasure  taunted  her  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  deride;  ridicule;  mock;  jeer;  flout;  revile.  See 
  {Deride}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Taunting  \Taunt"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Taunt},  v. 
 
  Every  kind  of  insolent  and  taunting  reflection. 
  --Burke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  taunting 
  adj  :  abusing  vocally;  expressing  contempt  or  ridicule;  "derisive 
  laughter";  "a  jeering  crowd";  "her  mocking  smile"; 
  "taunting  shouts  of  `coward'  and  `sissy'"  [syn:  {derisive}, 
  {gibelike},  {jeering},  {mocking}] 
  n  :  aggravation  by  deriding  or  mocking  or  criticizing  [syn:  {twitting}, 
  {taunt}]




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