scoff

Plural: scoffs

Noun

showing your contempt by derision
A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
Food.
The act of eating.

Verb

Verb Forms: scoffed, scoffing, scoffs

To express rude doubt, derision, or contempt.
laugh at with contempt and derision
treat with contemptuous disregard
To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
To mock; to treat with scorn.
To eat food quickly.
To eat.

Examples

He tried not to SCOFF when his opponent played an obviously invalid word in Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.

Synonyms

barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing, contemn, deride, derision, gobble, katagelasticism, ridicule, scarf, scoff, sneer

Scrabble Score: 13

scoff: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scoff: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scoff: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

scoff: valid Words With Friends Word