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Definition of taunt verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

taunt

verb

NAmE//tɔnt//

, NAmE//tɑnt//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they taunt

he / she / it taunts

past simple taunted

-ing form taunting

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taunt somebody to try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures, etc. The other kids continually taunted him about his size.

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