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 including:
- Hunter pet's Growl.
- 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.