as in devouring
to swallow or eat greedily
scoffed dinner before running off to the basketball game
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Recent Examples of scoffing
Even Tuesday, fans online were scoffing at a smattering of empty seats at Amerant Bank Arena (the game was announced as a sellout).
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Too bad the in-laws are scoffing at the necessity of a pool fence.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Too bad the in-laws are scoffing at the necessity of a pool fence.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffing
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This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Video shows orcas hunting great white sharks and devouring their livers.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Essential oils can be used in various ways, such as inhaling them through a diffuser or applying a diluted solution to the skin.—
Emily Brown,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Scoffing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoffing. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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