scoff
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verbDefinition of SCOFF
transitive verb
1
: to eat greedily <scoffed dinner>
2
: seize —often used with up <scoffed up the free gifts>
intransitive verb
: to eat something greedily
Origin of SCOFF
alteration of dialect scaff to eat greedily
First Known Use: 1846
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