'Jeer' definitions:

Definition of 'jeer'

(from WordNet)
noun
Showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]
verb
Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe]

Definition of 'Jeer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. --Spenser.
  • Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jeer'

From: GCIDE
  • Jeer \Jeer\, v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at. [1913 Webster]
  • And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jeer'

From: GCIDE
  • Jeer \Jeer\, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery. [1913 Webster]
  • Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jeer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'jeer'

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