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n. - Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing adj. - Abusing vocally.

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  • You know, the word taunting, what does taunting mean?
  • Hayes took great pleasure in taunting his unsuspecting sisters with Encyclopedia Man.
  • Using the word taunting really isn't harsh enough as far as what this cat went through, if that's what happened.
  • She says that the one person who was not doing the taunting is the one who ended up killed, Carlos Sousa, Jr.
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