Какво означава scoff на английски?

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scoff Значение & определение

0 to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly:
- The critics scoffed at his paintings.
- Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots.
1 to eat something quickly and eagerly:
- I baked a huge cake this morning, and the kids scoffed the lot.
2 laughter at a person or idea that shows you think they are stupid or silly:
- Despite the scoffs of her colleagues, the experiment was completely successful.
- This complaint might bring scoffs of mock sympathy.
3 to speak about someone or something in a way which shows that you have no respect for that person or thing:
- The coach scoffed at the notion that he was about to resign.

I was really hoping his reaction was a scoff of disbelief.
I hear their jeers and scoffs.
I won't listen to the scoffs - people scoffed the last time.
I can remember people scoffing at the idea that we would find teachers in this way, but we have found 5,000.
The suggestion that the rich will grow rich and the poor will grow poorer is scoffed at.
Anyone who scoffs and says that this is an irrelevance has only to speak to people who come from afar.
Every time any reference is made to the years between 1945 and 1951 there are scoffs and sneers from the benches opposite.
They are attacking these building societies and scoffing at them.