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scoff(4)(dictionary)
scoff(dictionary)

scoff(4) (iou)



scoff verb2. L18.
[Partly var. of SCAFF verb, partly from SCOFF noun2.]
a. verb intrans. Eat, feed; have one's food with. colloq. & dial. L18.
Grocer Ideas of healthy eating..discarded as the executives prepared to spend the next 2 1 / 2 hours scoffing.
b. verb trans. Eat (food etc.) greedily or quickly, gulp (food) down. Cf. SCARF verb3. colloq. & dial. E19.
M. Gardiner I handed him the chocolates...I bet he scoffed the lot.
verb trans. Seize, plunder. Now chiefly Scot. L19.
scoffer noun2 M20.