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say it: tawnt
taunt is a noun and verb meaning "aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing". It carries 2 recorded senses.
aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
harass with persistent criticism or carping
“The children teased the new teacher”
“Don't ride me so hard over my failure”
“His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for taunt come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.