taunt
taunt
verb (taunts, taunted, taunted, taunting)
/tɔːnt/
​taunt somebody to try to make somebody angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures, etc.
The other kids continually taunted him about his size.
TOPICS Personal qualities C2
TOPICS Education C2
Collocations
adverb
constantly
regularly
repeatedly
preposition
about
with
taunt
noun
/tɔːnt/
​an offensive or unkind remark that is intended to make somebody angry or upset
Black players often had to endure racist taunts.
She ignored his taunt.
Their taunts stung him into his best performance for the team yet.
TOPICS Personal qualities C2
TOPICS Education C2
Collocations
adjective
racist
playground
schoolyard
verb + taunt
shout
be subjected to
endure
Word Origin
early 16th cent.: from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter’.
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