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taunt

Nautical (of the mast or masts of a sailing vessel) unusually tall
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Taunting the development claims of the ruling party, Leader of the Opposition said it was a pity that hospitals could not be built in Pakistan and influential persons were to go abroad for treatment.
I imagine with his training he would have gone to his target who was taunting him."
IT'S ABOUT INSULTING, TAUNTING AND INCITING FREE-SPEECH ADVOCATES LIKE ME, BUT I'LL REFRAIN FROM BONKING YOU IN THE SNOUT CAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT FREE SPEECH.
Members of the gang spent all week taunting the youngster's family through anonymous Facebook identities, telling them Irvin was dead and leaving clues as to where he could be.
Plainfield First Selectman Paul Sweet, who attended the game Friday and said he did not witness any racial taunting, said his town is embarrassed by the complaints after Friday's game, but he said they do not reflect his community's attitudes.
Researchers scanned volunteers' brains as they listened to different types of laughter recordings in situations such as being tickled, feeling joy and taunting someone.
The report states: "Finally, despite the lack of focal differential hemodynamic activation patterns for joyful and taunting laughter, significantly different connectivity patterns were found for these complex social laughter types.
Taunting"I don't see it as competition between Nemanja and myself, though.
But Watkins posted the mugshot released by police on Facebook for his friends to see - and began taunting police.
Haye has spent the most of the last three years taunting Wladimir with barbs that many have considered over the top.
Haye spent most of the last three years taunting Wladimir with barbs that many considered over the top.
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