All 7 Uses of
taunt
in
The Lords of Discipline
- They ran and taunted and hustled us through the second day.†
Chpt 2.16 *taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
- I thought since I stayed when stronger boys left I would no longer have to put up with taunts about my voice or my manner.†
Chpt 3.22taunts = (verb) intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone OR (noun) insults or other actions intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- Pulling at their G-strings, they taunted the crowd for their stinginess and the air was streaked with flying coins.†
Chpt 3.24taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
- When I reached Mance, I taunted him, "On that last play, All-American candidate Jimmy Mance looked like horseshit.†
Chpt 3.30
- I had shit in my pants and had to listen to them taunt me as they threw buckets of water on me and their laughter as they drove back to Charleston.†
Chpt 4.35taunt = (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
- Mark, Pig, and I had all placed our hands beneath the table, a subconscious gesture, because we did not want to taunt or hurt Bobby with our rings.†
Chpt 4.35
- But the barracks were alive now, and the cadets, anonymous and sleep-dazed, began taunting and cursing the guard.†
Chpt 4.37taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
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.