flout

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.

   “The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.”

2. fiil To scorn.

   “Yet all ' s not worth a pin, But could not get her; Phillida flouts me. Dick had her to the Vine”

3. isim The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.

   “A flout is when someone deliberately and ostentatiously contravenes a maxim.”

4. isim A mockery or insult.