All 4 Uses
taunt
in
The Broken Gun
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- He turned to look at me, his eyes faintly taunting.†
*taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
- That's right, city boy," Jimbo taunted.†
taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
- He might have taunted them with it, letting them know for the first time that someone else knew about it.†
- I had been taunted and shot at.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, taunt can be used as a noun to refer to something said or done to mock, criticize, and/or tease.