fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of fleer1
1350–1400; Middle English flerien (v.) < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flire a grin
Origin of fleer2
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at flee, -er 1
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Example Sentences
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"Durn my boots ef I didn't furgit the password!" cried Nick Peters with his little falsetto laugh, that seemed keyed for a fleer, although it was most graciously modulated now.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree
He had discussed everything under heaven in his brilliant, erratic way, with a fleer of cynicism toward it all, but he had left himself out completely.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
Perhaps there was some truth in Betty's fleer, of her never having known any better company than that of the village apothecary.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Then, the foolish people, they looke, they stare, they laugh, they fleer, and mount upon fourmes and pewes, to see these goodly pageants solemnized in this sort.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
They mock and fleer at us sons of honest toil.
From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Margaret Penrose
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