speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films
‘You, a scientist?’ he scoffed
eat (something) quickly and greedily
he can scoff a cannelloni faster than you can drink a pint
contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
a scoffing cabin crew tells her there's no shower on the plane
contemptuous ridicule or mockery
he had to overcome the scoffing of theoretical physicists