Taunt

Taunt Can mean several things in World of Warcraft.

Aggro Management

Main article: Aggro

Taunt can refer to the class abilities that allow players to attract attention of a mob. They include the following:

• Warrior's Taunt, [Mocking Blow], [Challenging Shout].
• Druid's Growl, [Challenging Roar].
• Paladin's [Righteous Defense].

Other classes have high aggro abilities that generate set amount of threat. They include:

• Hunter pet's Growl.
• Hunter pet's [Intimidation].
• Hunter's [Distracting Shot].
• Warlock Voidwalker's [Torment].

Verbal Discourse

• Using /yell to call members of the enemy force Bad Names during PvP Raids.
  • Note: The enemy force only see gibberish when you do this, so it tends to be a bit lost on them, but they get the general idea.

• Using the slash command /taunt to show an animation and play a sound that would be spiteful to an enemy player. /chicken and /rude are similar.