Both Uses of
taunt
in
Always Running
- The children hide in bushes or behind fences and taunt her as she lumbers outside to put out trash or water her grassless yard.†
Chpt 2 *taunt = (verb) to intentionally anger, challenge, or upset someone -- especially by mocking them or hurling insults OR (noun) an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- But I recalled the beating, the way the fists came at me, the taunting, the thrust of blackjacks.†
Chpt 9taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
Definition:
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
or (as a noun): an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone