Meaning & use
scoff
To speak about something with mocking contempt or scorn, treating it as ridiculous.
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Critics scoffed at the idea that the tiny startup could compete with giants.
He scoffed at the warning and drove into the storm anyway.
A note on using this word
In British informal use, 'scoff' also means to eat food quickly and greedily, a very different sense.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
British informal: to eat food quickly and greedily.
The kids scoffed the entire plate of cookies within minutes.
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