All 4 Uses

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She expected the teacher to talk about a time-out chair, or some retributive punishment that would be handed out if Peter was again taunted by the in crowd.†
Chpt 1 *

taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
From that very first day in kindergarten, Peter experienced a daily barrage of taunting, tormenting, threatening, and bullying.†
Chpt 2

taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
He described everything from physical threats-Get out of my way or I'm going to punch your lights out; to physical actions-doing nothing more than walking down a hallway and being slammed up against the wall because he happened to get too close to someone walking past him; to emotional taunts-like being called homo or queer.'†
Chpt 2

taunts = (verb) intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone OR (noun) insults or other actions intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
Peter had spent his entire life being beaten and taunted and threatened, to the point where he believed he would be killed by those same kids if he didn't do something.†
Chpt 2

taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset

Definitions:

(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.