Both Uses of
taunt
in
White: The Great Pursuit
- Why the people found this a reason for such celebration, she couldn't understand, but they lined the street ten deep, peering and taunting and laughing as if it were a circus rather than a prelude to an execution.†
Chpt 10taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
- Was she taunting him?†
Chpt 15 *
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) 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.