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flout
What does flout mean?
flout (verb): treat with contemptuous disregard.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use flout in a sentence?
- Flout the rules. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce flout?
/flaʊt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flout come from?
Perhaps from Middle English flouten (“to play the flute”); compare with Dutch fluiten.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “flout” mean?
make better or improve in quality
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treat with contemptuous disregard
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to issue, distribute, or give out
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to collapse heavily or helplessly
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