fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
noun
verb
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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
Vocabulary lists containing fleer
Example Sentences
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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
It was half open, and the moon’s licht danced in on the fleer.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
Maria, a fleer at mere ponderosity, skipped and whisked from left to right with fay-like airiness of foot until a thrill of delight went through the camp.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
O he has doen him to his ha' To make him bierly cheer, An' in it came a griesly ghost Steed stappin' i' the fleer.
From Poetry of the Supernatural by Various
To flewer or fleer is to smile in that grinning manner which shows all the teeth.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
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