Flout

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  • transitive verb. To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way.
  • transitive verb. To express contempt for; mock or jeer at.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play on the flute.
  • To mock; jeer; scoff; behave with disdain or contumely: with at before an object.
  • To mock or scoff at; treat with disdain or contempt.
  • Synonyms See taunt.
  • noun. A flute.
  • noun. A boys' whistle.
  • noun. A truss or bundle.
  • noun. A mock; a scoff; a gibe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
  • transitive verb. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
  • noun. A mock; an insult.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To express contempt for the rules by word or action.
  • verb. To scorn.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. treat with contemptuous disregard
  • verb. laugh at with contempt and derision
  • Word Usage
    "The OED’s first attestation of flaunt to mean flout is in 1923, so apparently once the error appeared, it took off like gangbusters."
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    flouted  flouting  
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    Kraut  Redoubt  about  all-out  bout  
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    flouted  flouting  flouts