Taunt /(?)/

1. Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. (Naut.)

imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting

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.

1. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

   With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.

   With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.