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scoff

verb [T] (EAT)
 
 
/skɒf/ US  /skɑːf/ (US also scarf) informal

Definition

to eat something quickly and eagerly: I baked a huge cake this morning, and the kids scoffed the lot.EatingBiting, chewing and swallowing
(Definition of scoff verb (EAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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