All 3 Uses

taunt
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Queen of Attolia
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They said she's going to make him pay for taunting her, leaving things in the palace so she knows he's been there.†
Chpt 2 *

taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
She won't be inclined to do anything in a hurry, and if he's been taunting her, and she's lost face in front of her court...whatever she eventually decides to do is going to be unpleasant.†
Chpt 2
Eugenides had a tongue that sometimes moved faster than his thoughts, and he responded with taunts of his own, usually more cutting, sometimes so effective that the cousins' attentions were diverted to his victim and Eugenides escaped.†
Chpt 4

taunts = (verb) intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone OR (noun) insults or other actions intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone

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.