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Definition of Flouts

Flout
Flout Flout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. --Walton. Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
Flout
Flout Flout, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
Flout
Flout Flout, n. A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Flouts from wikipedia

- compound of the words scoff and law. Its use has been extended to mean one who flouts any law, especially those difficult to enforce, and particularly traffic...
- is possible to flout a maxim and thereby convey a different meaning than what is literally said. Often in conversation, a speaker flouts a maxim to produce...
- original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016. ****unta, Mary (2006). "BAT flouts tobacco-free World Cup policy". Tobacco Control. 11 (3): 277–278. doi:10...
- quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity. The formal...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rogue is a person or entity that flouts accepted norms of behavior or strikes out on an independent and possibly...
- and ****. The Guardian (7 December 2010). Retrieved on 9 May 2012. "Royals flout puritanical laws to throw parties for young elite while religious police...
- considered overly restrictive and economically damaging to the state while also flouting his own administration's guidelines personally. Controversies and frustration...
- to flout an unwritten constitutional convention; or to dispute the correct, legal interpretation of the violated constitutional law or of the flouted political...
- 800 people, with only 7,800 of Mexican descent. Many immigrants openly flouted Mexican law, especially the prohibition against slavery. Combined with...
- patients' illnesses are based on subtle or controversial insights. His flouting of hospital rules and procedures frequently leads him into conflict with...