scoff
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L25430 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to laugh derisively at
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skɒf/ / /skɔːf/ / /skɑːf/
noun
Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
- Food.
- The act of eating.
“Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]”
verb
Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
- 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.”
- To eat.