FLOUT, verb transitive To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. He flouted us downright. FLOUT, verb intransitive To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave with contempt. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout FLOUT, noun A mock; an insult.
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