Taunt meaning in English

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Definition

to taunt: to mock, to make fun of, to insult, to ridicule verb

Philip likes to taunt his female colleagues. He's always making fun of them.

Pronunciation examples

UK: Philip likes to taunt his female colleagues.

US: I was taunted as a child for having enormous feet.

Exercise 1

Kevin is now visiting a pharmacy and speaking to a pharmacist

Which of the following statements summarizes the action of this dialogue?

Kevin has taken somebody else's place in line.

Kevin has been asked to leave the pharmacy.

The pharmacist is taunting the customers at the pharmacy.

Kevin has missed his turn in line.

I don't know

Kevin is now visiting a pharmacy and speaking to a pharmacist

Which of the following statements summarizes the action of this dialogue?

Kevin has taken somebody else's place in line.

Kevin has actually "missed his turn", he hasn't replaced somebody else in line, somebody else has replaced him.

Kevin has been asked to leave the pharmacy.

There is no indication that Kevin has been asked to "leave the pharmacy". He has actually been asked to "take another number", or to wait longer.

The pharmacist is taunting the customers at the pharmacy.

"To taunt" is to tease or provoke. The pharmacist isn't provoking Kevin or the customers at the pharmacy, he is simply letting Kevin know that he has missed his turn.

Kevin has missed his turn in line.

Kevin is waiting in line (or in the queue) at the pharmacy. They have a number system in place where the customers are served in the order which they arrive. The pharmacist calls out Kevin's number (43), but he gets no immediate response from Kevin, and so he calls out the next number (44). Kevin realizes that he has missed his turn, and so he must take another number.

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