TAUNT (2)

taunt (2). Taunt, n. an insult, reproach, saucy answer

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Taunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] [[Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.]] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak. Syn. — To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.