All 11 Uses of
taunt
in
The Iceman Cometh
- Just because he has your number—(He immediately feels ashamed of this taunt and adds apologetically) Bejees, Larry, you're always croaking about something to do with death.†
Act 1
- MARGIE—(a victorious gleam in her eye—tauntingly) Aw right, den, yuh poor little Ginny.†
Act 2
- PEARL—(tauntingly) Sure, I will.†
Act 2
- Parritt asks him with a sudden taunt in his voice) Well, what do you say to that, Larry?†
Act 2
- LARRY--(stung--furiously) Look out how you try to taunt me back into life, I warn you!
Act 2 *taunt = anger
- He grins tauntingly.†
Act 2
- (more and more with a deliberate, provocative taunting) I notice you didn't deny it when I asked you about the iceman.†
Act 2
- As he finishes, a chorus of sneering taunts begins, punctuated by nasty, jeering laughter.†
Act 2
- But Hickey has remained unmoved by all this taunting.†
Act 2
- PARRITT—(tauntingly) Yes, I suppose you'd like that, wouldn't you?†
Act 3
- (tauntingly) Und I can go home to my country!†
Act 3
Definition:
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(taunt) to intentionally anger, challenge, or upset someone -- especially by mocking them or hurling insults
or (as a noun): an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone