taunt
verb (used with object)
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
is taunting
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present progressiveof taunt (3rd person singular).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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Not only is taunting still against football’s laws of the land; both the professional and college games have in effect made it a megarule for this year.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2021
On first viewing, it appears to be a straightforward scene in which Will is taunting the police officer who has detained him, before being outsmarted by her coffee-mug/DNA trick.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
He is taunting us, daring us to do nothing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2018
He is taunting the women in the audience as much as any torch singer ever taunted a man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her speech is taunting in tone, and bitter in sense.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
