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scoff at (someone or something)

To dismiss something with scorn, ridicule, or derision. The CEO scoffed at the backlash, confident that those complaining were nothing but a vocal minority. They scoffed at me when I warned them of the disastrous fault in the system, but now they're seeing just how right I was.

scoff at someone or something

to show ridicule or scorn for someone or something. The directors scoffed at her when she presented her plan. They scoffed at my new hat, not realizing how stylish it was.

scoff

(skɔf)

1. tv. & in. to eat (something). (see also scarf.) She scoffed three hamburgers and a large order of fries.

2. n. food. This scoff is gross!

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IT'S the initiative that is just made to be scoffed at - in fact its organisers will welcome some scoffing.

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She scoffed down a greasy giant hotdog just moments before taking to the rides and slides.

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DINERS at Est Est Est were caught up in an outbreak of Hollyoaks-mania while they scoffed their pasta.

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Being knowledgeable on the subject, he scoffed at the idea that the government did not already have adequate gravel sources and insisted that such an additional large amount would not be required for the roads planned.

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If these experiments were conducted by, say, the Department of the Interior or a federally funded college lab--that is, if they were removed from the heroic context of space travel--they would be scoffed at as a waste of taxpayer dollars, recited in get-a-load-of-this tones by members of Congress who enjoy criticizing obscure public science projects.

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One midtown office tenant scoffed at the security in his building, saying that the only deterrent is a "woman with a clipboard."

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When Parliament resumed in January 2001, the Alliance presented a twelve-point plan to "make Parliament more responsive to Canadians." It contained a number of sensible proposals, and therefore the Liberals scoffed at it.

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Though scientists scoffed at the simplicity of those systems, even skeptics acknowledged that, in principle, neurons in the central nervous system could behave in similar ways.

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Cech, though, isn't buying that fantasy for a second and scoffed: "Scotland are set to play their last game.

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The singer is desperate to appear at the event but last night an Awards insider scoffed: "It's very unlikely she'll perform, let alone live.

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But her hunky new friend beside her didn't seem bothered as she scoffed peanuts and roared with laughter.

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Kalikow scoffed at the way that the SCA has handled the condemnation proceedings.

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Trudeau scoffed at the teachings of the Church--political and moral.

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During the question-and-answer period, a member of the audience scoffed at the idea that his bank would ever agree to such conditions.