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verb

Definition of tauntsnext
present tense third-person singular of taunt
as in teases
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship

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noun

plural of taunt
as in jibes

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  1. teases
  2. indignities
  3. barbs
Verb
  • The first 15 seconds of the video teases an upcoming song, which will be featured on the third album of her Over It trilogy, Finally Over It, which is expected next year.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And, in number after number, the show teases us with the answer.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of teases
Noun
  • There are collateral issues too, involving the indignities of sponsorship and the inequalities of women’s pay, which certainly weren’t in the Million Dollar Baby playbook.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As our protagonist makes his flight from bondage along the Mississippi River, dodging slavers, sailing alongside an unrecognizable Huck, indignities continue to accumulate, hardening James, until violent delights culminate in delightfully violent ends.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of indignities
Noun
  • Drake smarted at the callout, and the two would trade subliminal barbs back and forth on-and-off-record for years to follow.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Democrats and Republicans were back to trading barbs this week as both parties tried to evade blame for a near government shut down.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of barbs
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