Meaning of "taunt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAUNT

From French phrase tant pour tant like for like, rejoinder.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TAUNT

taunt  [tɔːnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAUNT

Taunt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb taunt in English.

WHAT DOES TAUNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Taunting

A taunt is a battle cry, a method in hand-to-hand combat, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize the recipient, or to anger them and encourage reactionary behaviors without thinking. Taunting can exist as a form of social competition to gain control of the target's cultural capital. In sociological theory, the control of the three social capitals is used to produce an advantage in the social hierarchy as to enforce one's own position in relation to others. Taunting is committed by either directly, or indirectly encouraging others to taunt the target. The target may give a response in kind to maintain status, as in fighting words and trash-talk. Taunts are also a genre of folklore.

Definition of taunt in the English dictionary

The first definition of taunt in the dictionary is to provoke or deride with mockery, contempt, or criticism. Other definition of taunt is to tease; tantalize. Taunt is also a jeering remark.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAUNT

PRESENT

Present

I taunt

you taunt

he/she/it taunts

we taunt

you taunt

they taunt

Present continuous

I am taunting

you are taunting

he/she/it is taunting

we are taunting

you are taunting

they are taunting

Present perfect

I have taunted

you have taunted

he/she/it has taunted

we have taunted

you have taunted

they have taunted

Present perfect continuous

I have been taunting

you have been taunting

he/she/it has been taunting

we have been taunting

you have been taunting

they have been taunting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I taunted

you taunted

he/she/it taunted

we taunted

you taunted

they taunted

Past continuous

I was taunting

you were taunting

he/she/it was taunting

we were taunting

you were taunting

they were taunting

Past perfect

I had taunted

you had taunted

he/she/it had taunted

we had taunted

you had taunted

they had taunted

Past perfect continuous

I had been taunting

you had been taunting

he/she/it had been taunting

we had been taunting

you had been taunting

they had been taunting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will taunt

you will taunt

he/she/it will taunt

we will taunt

you will taunt

they will taunt

Future continuous

I will be taunting

you will be taunting

he/she/it will be taunting

we will be taunting

you will be taunting

they will be taunting

Future perfect

I will have taunted

you will have taunted

he/she/it will have taunted

we will have taunted

you will have taunted

they will have taunted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been taunting

you will have been taunting

he/she/it will have been taunting

we will have been taunting

you will have been taunting

they will have been taunting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would taunt

you would taunt

he/she/it would taunt

we would taunt

you would taunt

they would taunt

Conditional continuous

I would be taunting

you would be taunting

he/she/it would be taunting

we would be taunting

you would be taunting

they would be taunting

Conditional perfect

I would have taunt

you would have taunt

he/she/it would have taunt

we would have taunt

you would have taunt

they would have taunt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been taunting

you would have been taunting

he/she/it would have been taunting

we would have been taunting

you would have been taunting

they would have been taunting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you taunt
we let´s taunt
you taunt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to taunt

Past participle

taunted

Present Participle

taunting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TAUNT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «taunt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of taunt

barb · cut · deride · derision · dig · gibe · guy · insult · jeer · mock · provocation · provoke · revile · ridicule · sarcasm · sneer · tease · teasing · torment · twit

TRANSLATION OF TAUNT

Find out the translation of taunt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of taunt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «taunt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嘲笑
• Translator English - Spanish: burlarse
• English: taunt
• Translator English - Hindi: ताना
• Translator English - Arabic: تهكم
• Translator English - Russian: насмешка
• Translator English - Portuguese: zombar de
• Translator English - Bengali: বিদ্রূপ
• Translator English - French: railler
• Translator English - Malay: Mengejek
• Translator English - German: verhöhnen
• Translator English - Japanese: あざける
• Translator English - Korean: 조롱하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngguyu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chế nhạo
• Translator English - Tamil: இகழ்ச்சிப்
• Translator English - Marathi: थट्टा करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: alay
• Translator English - Italian: schernire
• Translator English - Polish: kpina
• Translator English - Ukrainian: насмішка
• Translator English - Romanian: batjocură
• Translator English - Greek: χλευασμός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: spot
• Translator English - Swedish: hån
• Translator English - Norwegian: spydighet

6 QUOTES WITH «TAUNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word taunt.

1

Inga Muscio

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.

2

Louis Nizer

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

3

Susan Orlean

Sometimes, the Internet can feel like a middle-school playground populated by brats in ski masks who name-call and taunt with the fake bravery of the anonymous. But sometimes - thank goodness - it's nicer than real life.

4

Emmeline Pankhurst

Often I have heard the taunt that suffragists are women who have failed to find any normal outlet for their emotions, and are therefore soured and disappointed beings. This is probably not true of any suffragist, and it is most certainly not true of me. My home life and relations have been as nearly ideal as possible in this imperfect world.

5

Dan Rather

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

6

Anushka Sharma

I always knew I wanted to be in films but didn't want anyone to taunt my parents. So I excelled in studies. I was a topper in school and college, so when I decided to become a model, people said, 'Oh your daughter is modeling,' so at least my parents could say, 'Yeah but she also came first in class.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUNT»

Discover the use of taunt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taunt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. ...

Lauded for his ability to tell compelling, true adventure stories, award-winning author Andrew C.A. Jampoler has turned his attention this time to a young American naval officer on a mission up the Congo River in May 1885.

Andrew C. A. Jampoler, 2013

The English Reports

TABLE or cases 1183 no: Batement 1:. Phillips, 4 Taunt. 157 . . . . . . 288 Baxter 1) . Morgan, 6 Taunt. 379 . . . . . . . 1081 Baxter v. Newman, 4 Taunt. 249 . . . . . . 325 Baxter 21. Nichols, 4 Taunt. 90 . . . . . . . 262 Bazett 11. Meyer, 5 Taunt. 824 .

‎1912

The River Thames Revisited: In the Footsteps of Henry Taunt

The River Thames Revisited selects 75 of his finest photographs and revisits those sites today, recording the same views with cutting edge digital technology.This extraordinarily beautiful and powerful book is published to coincide with an ...

Graham Diprose, Jeff Robins, Henry Taunt, 2007

A Digested Index to the Term Report: Analytically Arranged, ...

L___\/______J ц_`/___л L__ńH-J Ы. page. Title. page. _ _ 5 Taunt. 435 Agreement. II. 5 44 Andrew 'u' Миньон". ' ' i Marsh. 122 Freight. I. 1 445 o. Pearce - - 1 N. R. 158 Covenant I. 5 4 290 c. Southouse - 5 T. R. 292 Devise. V. 9 33o Andrews ...

John Bayly Moore, 1821

Revised Reports; Being a Republication of Such Cases in the ...

Bond, 14 East, 484 292 Langiiorn v. Allnutt, 4 Taunt. 511 663 — v. Cologan, 4 Taunt. 330 613 v. Hardy, 4 Taunt. 628 708 Le Cheminant v. Allnutt, ) 4 Taunt_ 367 636 v. Pearson, ) Leevin v. Connac, 4 Taunt. 483, n 654 leopard v. Vernon, 2 Ves.

Sir Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver August Saunders, 1894

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

TAUNT Table Service. Jesus conducted much of his ministry and teaching around tables (Mt 26:7; Lk 5:29-32; 7:36-50; 14:1-24) and was criticized by the * Pharisees for eating with tax collectors and *sinners, because to do so implied ...

Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III, 2010

The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench: And Common ...

5 Taunt 207. 1 Marsh. 23. S. C. and ' 6 Moore, 259. see 5 Taunt 303. 1 Marsh. 532. 9 Moore, m 3 Taunt. 59. 5 Taunt. 73. 7 Taunt. 697. 195. 2 Bing. 93. S. C. 9 Moore, 740. 2 " Cas. Pr. C. P. 127. Pigott, 170, 71.2 Bing. 386. S. C. Blae. Hop. 1230.

William Tidd, 1828

A Treatise on the Law of Insurance

546; Usparicha •». Noble, 13 East, 332 ; Feise v. Bell, 4 Taunt. 4 ; Morgan D. Aswald, 3 Taunt. 554; Klingender u. Bond, 14 East, 484; Rawlinson v. Janson, 12 East, 223; The Beurse Van Konnigsberg, 2 Rob. 169 ; The Jonge Johannes, 4 Rob.

Wendell Phillips, 1823

The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas ...

But the court would not permit a recovery to be amended, by inserting1 a parish not named in the deed. 484. 3 Tjmnt. 74. 408. 462. 4 Taunt. .2 Marsh. 194. 155. aa6. 366. 734. 737, 8. 5 Taunt. 'Id. 195. 748. In. but sec 5 Taunt. 616. '3 Taunt. 396.

William Tidd, 1817

A treatise on the law relating to insurance: in three parts, ...

Moline, 5 Taunt. 711,715. Rchakoncy Flindt v. Scott, 5 Taunt. 705. fr'enton v. v. Andrews, 5 Taunt. 71G — 713. Robin- Pcarson, 15 East, 419. Morgan v. Oswald, son v. Morris, 5 Taunt. 720 — 725. Bazett 3 Taunt. 3C8, 369. De Tastet v. Taylor, v.

David Hughes, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAUNT»

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Joel Ward Shows Why A Rookie Should Never Taunt A Veteran …

Now, via social media, we're learning just how much of a consummate professional and helpful teammate Ward was while still in Washington. Watch as he and ... «Russian Machine Never Breaks, Jul 15»

Qld officer disciplined for lewd taunt

A Queensland police officer has been disciplined for taunting an inmate by making inappropriate gestures with a traffic cone. The naked offender had been ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»

Racist taunt spray-painted on car in east Hamilton

Investigators were called to a city housing complex on Congress Crescent, off Mount Albion Road, Thursday morning after a racist taunt was spray-painted on a ... «Hamilton Spectator, May 15»

Dwight Howard -- Heckled With 'Kobe' Taunt ... After Playoff Ejection …

Kobe Bryant continues to haunt Dwight Howard ... at least judging by video of a heckler who used The Mamba to taunt D12 after he was ejected from a playoff ... «TMZ.com, May 15»

Should it be illegal for you to taunt a cop? A Pittsburgh lawmaker …

Costa observed that it's already illegal for people to taunt police dogs -- which is also classically stupid. But German Shepherds, who are notoriously lacking in ... «PennLive.com, Apr 15»

At The Free-Throw Line, One Taunt May Be Worth A Thousand …

This weekend, college basketball rivals will clash in the Final Four. If you want to hear about the actual games, maybe ask Frank Deford. We're more concerned ... «NPR, Apr 15»

Jim Boeheim's daughter gets apology

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A New York City-area high school has apologized for taunts its students aimed at Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's daughter during the state ... «ESPN, Mar 15»

Team Fortress 2 adds taunts to the Steam Workshop

Thanks to a new user-made TF2 taunt, you can play as a saxophonic Sniper. ... sax Sniper—Valve has opened up the Steam Workshop to accept TF2 taunts. «PC Gamer, Mar 15»

Taunt those Easterners about the weather while you still can: Joe …

One joy of being Californian is the opportunity to taunt folks Back East about their terrible winter weather. Hey, Boston, how does it feel to have been colonized ... «LA Daily News, Mar 15»

Woman beater caught after he took photo of battered woman 'to …

A vile woman beater was caught by police thanks to a photo he took of his ex-partner to taunt her as he beat her. Twisted Julien Mouly attacked his ex-partner ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»