scoff

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Editorial note

This is how progress works and it's nothing to scoff at.

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showing your contempt by derision

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The clearest senses and uses of scoff gathered in one view.

noun

showing your contempt by derision

verb

laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

verb

treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scoff.

noun

showing your contempt by derision

See also: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing

verb

laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

verb

treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

Example sentences

This is how progress works and it's nothing to scoff at.

It's ironic that people would scoff at a well-designed replacement like Dart in its early stages.

I really scoff at the notion that any sort of white collar programming job is exploitative.

A lot of the "language semantics are all that matters" crowd scoff at sugar, but i think they underestimate how much syntax contributes to the pleasantness of using the language.

I used to scoff at things like Second Life and people on BBSes with ridiculously fake avatars, but now we have the horrors of everyday life invading and taking over the "virtual" space, which is less and less virtual every day.

"[2]And, for every lame MBA, there are likely dozens of developers who scoff at the notion that building a successful company requires anything other than the ability to code, and certainly none of that crap they teach you in business school.

Isn't it funny how people scoff at ruggedized phones for being "ugly" but then go and slap all kinds of chintzy cases and screen protectors to their fragile phones, making them much uglier than the rugged variant and just barely more resistant to damage than without all that crap?Mind I have never broken a phone, and I take good care of all the units I have had, only replacing them due to obsolescence.