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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

scoff those breath

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11228957

However, finalists Paul Smith, Amber Davies and William Austin swallowed their terror and scoffed those breath - taking red peppers as well.

What does "scoffed those breath" mean?
  

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Scoff here is a slang word meaning to eat something quickly and greedily. e. so spicy they make it hard to breath) red peppers quickly and greedily.

  • Scoff here is a slang word meaning to eat something quickly and greedily.
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  • so spicy they make it hard to breath) red peppers quickly and greedily.
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Scoff here is a slang word meaning to eat something quickly and greedily. They ate breath-taking (i.e. so spicy they make it hard to breath) red peppers quickly and greedily.
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Blue JayScoff here is a slang word meaning to eat something quickly and greedily.
Well, I'll be. I guess it is. I learned something new. I thought it was a mistake for "scarf", the only similar word I knew with that meaning.
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CalifJimWell, I'll be. I guess it is. I learned something new. I thought it was a mistake for "scarf", the only similar word I knew with that meaning.
I think they are related. Scoff is more used in the UK.

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