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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
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