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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Taunt

/tônt/ · IPA /tɔnt/
01 a. Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
  1. 1.
    Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.(Naut.)
02 v. t. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting
  1. 1.
    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.
03 n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
  1. 1.
    Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
    “With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.” — Shak.
    “With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.” — Prior.