Meanings (ES + gloss)
burla • escarnecimiento • rebuzno
A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
"I believe you've killed that constable in the exercise of his duty, sir; the man's dead;" said Lowe, sternly. / "Another gloss on my text; why invade me like house-breakers?" said…
There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]
hazmerreír
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
[T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
burlarse • escarnecer • hacerse de la boca chiquita • mofarse • rebuznar
To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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devorar • zampar
To eat food quickly.
The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
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