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noun ADJ. playground, racial/racist VERB + TAUNT hurl, shout | endure, face, suffer He had to endure the racist taunts of the crowd. | ignore TAUNT + VERB sting (sb into) Their taunts stung him into his best performance for the team yet., verb ADV. softly ‘Running away?’he taunted softly. PREP. about Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. | with The other children taunted him with nicknames.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary