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scoff (plural scoffs) 1  Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. Shakespeare With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. 2  An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. Cowper The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
syn: scoff, jeer, sneer imply behaving with scornful disapproval toward someone or about something. To scoff is to express insolent doubt or derision, openly and emphatically: to scoff at a new invention. To jeer suggests expressing disapproval and scorn more loudly, coarsely, and unintelligently than in scoffing: The crowd jeered at the pitcher.