The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GIBE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GIBE
- Make fun of Old Tom having little energy
- Boiled egg? It’s e.g. old toying with this scoff
- Jeer? I beg to differ!
- Rock drummer’s penultimate taunt
- Dig rock, needing energy
- Taunt grown-up over commonest trait of feeble-mindedness
- Dig up huge weed we’d missed
- Sneer? I beg to differ!
- Derision at enormous return on energy
- V for Vendetta starts to get a bit interesting before the end
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The straight part
We know that "taunt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case taunt = gibe.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does GIBE mean?
GIBE noun- Alternative spelling of gybe
- Alternative spelling of jibe
- Alternative spelling of gybe
- Alternative spelling of jibe