taunt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: taunt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for taunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taunt n aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit, taunt, taunting] v harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" Synonym(s): tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taunt \Taunt\, a. [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. --Totten.
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]:
Taunt \Taunt\, n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. --Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. --Prior.