FLOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flout mean? 

• FLOUT (verb)
  The verb FLOUT has 2 senses:

1. treat with contemptuous disregard

2. laugh at with contempt and derision

  Familiarity information: FLOUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOUT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they flout    ... he / she / it flouts   
Past simple: flouted   
Past participle: flouted   
-ing form: flouting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat with contemptuous disregard

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

flout; scoff

Context example:

flout the rules

Hypernyms (to "flout" is one way to...):

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

flouter (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Laugh at with contempt and derision

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff

Context example:

The crowd jeered at the speaker

Hypernyms (to "flout" is one way to...):

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

flouter (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

 Context examples 

I know not what the world is coming to, when young maids may flout their elders.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All that is dearest to the bourgeoisie I will flout.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)