JEER

jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing

(noun) showing your contempt by derision

jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe

(verb) laugh at with contempt and derision; “The crowd jeered at the speaker”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

jeer (plural jeers)

A mocking remark or reflection.

Synonyms: scoff, taunt, flout, jibe, mockery

Verb

jeer (third-person singular simple present jeers, present participle jeering, simple past and past participle jeered)

(intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.

(transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.

Synonyms

• (to utter sarcastic remarks): scoff, sneer

• (to treat with scoffs): deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule

• See mock

• See deride

Etymology 2

Noun

jeer (plural jeers)

(nautical) A gear; a tackle.

(nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Source: Wiktionary

Jeer, n. Etym: [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl.

Definition: 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jeered; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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. Spenser.

Syn.

– To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.

Jeer, v. t.

Definition: 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. B. Jonson.

Jeer, n.

Definition: 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. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition