'Flout' definitions:

Definition of 'flout'

From: WordNet
verb
Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: scoff, flout]
verb
Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe]

Definition of 'Flout'

From: GCIDE
  • Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. [1913 Webster]
  • Phillida flouts me. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
  • Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flout'

From: GCIDE
  • Flout \Flout\, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. [1913 Webster]
  • Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flout'

From: GCIDE
  • Flout \Flout\, n. A mock; an insult. [1913 Webster]
  • Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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