Jeer

[jeer]

As a noun, jeer is the act of scoffing, taunting, or mocking. Think of it as an anti cheer. If you offer cheers for the visiting team and jeers for the home team, you might not be too popular in the stands.

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A gear; a tackle.

Noun
showing your contempt by derision

Verb
laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"


n.
A gear; a tackle.

n.
An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.

v.
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.

v. t.
To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

n.
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.


Jeer

Jeer , n. [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.

Jeer

Jeer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jeered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear, v.] To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
Syn. -- To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.

Jeer

Jeer , v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

Jeer

Jeer, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.

A gear; a tackle.

To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.

To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

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