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Scorn, derision, or contempt.

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  1. n. Scorn, derision, or contempt.
  2. n. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.
  3. n. To deride; to scorn; to mock.
  4. n. To cheat; trick, or gull.
  5. v. i. To jeer; to show contempt.
  6. 1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.] 2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak. 1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
  7. To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.
  8. n. Scorn, derision, or contempt. n. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. n. To deride; to scorn; to mock. n. To cheat; trick, or gull. v. i. To jeer; to show contempt.