Flout : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Flout	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Flout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flout v treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: scoff, flout] laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" Synonym(s): jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See {Flute}.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. --Walton. Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flout \Flout\, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flout \Flout\, n. A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. --Tennyson.