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Flout

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Verb

1. flout, scoff

treat with contemptuous disregard

Example Sentences:
'flout the rules'

2. barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff

laugh at with contempt and derision

Example Sentences:
'The crowd jeered at the speaker'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flout

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verb
(when intr, usually foll by at)
to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)

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Flout

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verb transitive
1. 
to mock or scoff at; show scorn or contempt for
2. 
to openly disregard, as by rejecting, defying, or ignoring
verb intransitive
3. 
to be scornful; show contempt; jeer; scoff
noun
4. 
a scornful or contemptuous action or speech; mockery; scoffing; insult

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flout

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tr.v. flout·ed, flout·ing, flouts
1. To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt.
2. Archaic To express contempt for; mock or jeer at.

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