| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To breach.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To ridicule or scoff. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To gibe or sneer. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To taunt, jeer or revile. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To scorn, despise, contemn or disdain.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb flout.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flout) | 1. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".[Wordnet]. 2. Laugh at with contempt and derision.[Wordnet]. 3. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.[Websters]. 4. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: flouting, flouted, flouts, flouter, flouters, floutingly and floutedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FLOUTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOUTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Mocking; insulting; fleering.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of flout. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: flout
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To flout | Slang in 1811 | TO FLOUT. To jeer, to ridicule. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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