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# taunt

verb (taunt, taunts, taunted, taunting); noun (taunts)

«taunt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/#m1)
2. A taunt is a cruel remark said to tease or hurt someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fables a rival taunts another about a weakness, such as a lost race or a dull colour

### Examples

- The Peacock taunted the Crane about her plain feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/#x1)
- He shouted a taunt at the runner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/#x2)
- Don't rise to their taunts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh a taunt often mocks Israel or insults God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees such taunts as faithlessness, and the Bible shows God defending His people against them.

### Examples

- Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed? (Prophets ISA.37.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taunt/#x1)
- Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me; (Writings LAM.3.61, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taunt/#x2)
- And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. (Prophets 2SA.21.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taunt/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «taunt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taunt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«taunt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taunt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «taunt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/taunt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«taunt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/taunt.html) on Mova free.