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Collocations for taunt - noun

ADJECTIVE

racist
playground (esp. BrE), schoolyard (AmE)
cruel

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VERB + taunt

shout
be subjected to, endure, suffer
He had to endure the racist taunts of the crowd.
hear
ignore

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Collocations for taunt - verb

ADVERB

constantly, regularly, repeatedly
He was constantly taunted for being foreign.
openly
repeatedly
racially (BrE)
He claimed he had been racially taunted and abused.

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PREPOSITION

about
Some of the girls taunted her about her weight.
with
The other children taunted him with nicknames.

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