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scoff: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

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dump on collapse

hurl a brickbat collapse

food collapse: any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue; anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking; any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"

trivialize collapse: make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"

disbelieve collapse: reject as false; refuse to accept

jeer collapse: showing your contempt by derision; laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

insult collapse: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

not mind collapse

fleer collapse: contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words; to smirk contemptuously

disobey collapse: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

disoblige collapse: ignore someone's wishes

brickbat collapse: blunt criticism; a fragment of brick used as a weapon

affront collapse

quip collapse

laugh at collapse

cutting remark collapse

rail at collapse

break the law collapse

tuck collapse: a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place; (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest; eatables (especially sweets); fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"; make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

scintillate collapse: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"; give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

pooh pooh collapse

not listen collapse

play on words collapse

indignity collapse: an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

jape collapse

flout collapse

make fun of collapse

slap in the face collapse

thumb collapse: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb; the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

gibe collapse

taunt collapse

jeering collapse

kid around collapse

pay no attention to collapse

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

humiliate collapse: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

parting shot collapse

transgress collapse: pass beyond (limits or boundaries); act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"; spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

revile collapse

ridicule collapse: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate; subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

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