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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
taunt . - noun Plural form of
taunt .
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Examples
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“All I have to do is sit here and watch,” Vankdo taunts from a jail cell, “as the world will consume you.”
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Phillies pitcher Brett Myers still hears the taunts from the stands.
Baseball News: MLB & Fantasy Stories, Teams, Stats, Scores & Schedules 2008
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The one blemish was Jonathan Palpelbon hearing boos and taunts from the crowd when he relieved in the eighth — and gave up an unearned run — supposedly because he had expressed a desire to close the game rather than Mariano Rivera.
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PHILADELPHIA Brett Myers still hears the taunts from the stands.
Phillies' Myers puts past behind him, on and off the field 2008
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During the crisis of the story, Bob is stuck on a ledge of a highrise while the villain taunts him.
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During the show, Ryan said Kidd should expect taunts from the crowd, then criticized the Kidds for using their son "as a prop" and called Joumana Kidd an "exhibitionist"
USATODAY.com - 'Globe' columnist suspended for comments 2003
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He was heckled without mercy by the fans in '99, and the situation became so bad that Payne Stewart, his opponent in the singles, gave him the match so he wouldn't have to hear any more taunts from the gallery.
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And so the Europeans, already miffed at taunts from the gallery, had a cause celebre for a crushing defeat, and the honorable proceedings had a stain.
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Language / Profanity: Foul language spoken in Spanish and subtitled in English; taunts about a man's masculinity.
Crosswalk.com - Home 2009
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The Limey: How those title taunts of 2002 are coming back to haunt Arsenal
SI.com 2009
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