- present participle of taunt.
taunting
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After jawing with Oregon players, the junior linebacker was seen taunting the Oregon sideline and celebrating on his way back to USC’s side of the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Earlier in the week, Carney criticized taunting of Canada by U.S. officials, and said it was not constructive toward resolving outstanding trade issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Never mind their dozens of targeted social media posts and years of taunting.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I think there was an image on Saturday of a Celtic fan on the pitch with a kid in his arms taunting the Hearts players."
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
I’d. heard it taunting me many times before in my dreams.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
His tauntings washed over Kingshaw, they sounded babyish, he didn't care at all what Hooper said.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
It was with extreme regret, and frequently with uncontrollable indignation, that I endured the neglect of my husband and the tauntings of the profligate Lyttelton.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson
The married state, is much like this, O'rewhelm'd with many crosses, Yet must be born, see how it is, With tauntings, toils, and losses.
From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by A. Marsh
Go with your tauntings, go; Neer think to hurt me so; I'll scoff at your disdain.
From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
Where, then, will be your tauntings and your vauntings, your boastings and your braggings?
From The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding
