taunt
verb (used with object)
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
are taunting
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present progressiveof taunt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"It's exhilarating. It is like driving a car under an avalanche, but you are taunting the avalanche rather than trying to get away from it."
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
Sensing the guards’ insecurity, the prisoners are taunting officers and even testing them to see if they can be bribed, union leaders and staff members say.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
Maybe the Mariners are taunting Poseidon, but let’s be honest: They don’t have much to lose.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2017
Everywhere I look, letters are taunting me, letters on signs and in ads and newspapers and magazines, and still my eyes can’t see the secrets.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Two men are in the stocks; one, it will be seen, is held by one leg only, and the other by both, and a couple of persons are taunting them in their time of trouble.
From Bygone Punishments by William Andrews
