Meaning of FLOUT
| Pronunciation: | | flawt
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- [v] treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
- [v] laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
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| | Synonyms: | | barrack, gibe, jeer, scoff |
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| | See Also: | | bait, brush aside, brush off, cod, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
\Flout\, n.
A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.
--Tennyson.
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