Who scoff and deride men that be merchant-taylers. His people secretly scoff at him and jeer that his manliness is gone. Strangle the fool that dares to scoff! He attempts to warn the villagers, but again they scoff at his "imagined" sight. However Rocket, and the rest of the Ravagers, scoff at the ridiculousness of his name. They scoff at his attempts to win Rosmah over. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day. Kelly and Stober scoff at the notion. The others scoff as their conversation turns toward civilian life. The other dentists scoff at him and assume that Montreal is a fictional place. They scoff at his being a rancher. This makes the other aliens scoff at the thought. The Redferns scoff at the detective's accusations, as he has no real proof. They scoff at the idea of a woman's college. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition.