verb
- to speak about or treat with contempt or mockery
- to eat something quickly and greedily
Usage: past tense of scoff
Usage: informal; past tense of scoff
Examples
- The critics scoffed at his unconventional painting style.
- She scoffed when he claimed he could run a marathon.
- The students scoffed at the teacher’s outdated references.
- He scoffed at the idea of working overtime without pay.
- The hungry teenager scoffed the entire pizza in minutes.
- They scoffed their lunch and rushed back to work.
- She scoffed the cookies before anyone else could have one.