jeer

[ jeer ]

/ dʒɪər /

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verb (used without object)

to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.

verb (used with object)

to shout derisively at; taunt.

to treat with scoffs or derision; mock.

to drive away by derisive shouts (followed by out of, off, etc.): They jeered the speaker off the stage.

noun

a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.

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taunting, raucous, scornful

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Origin of jeer

1555–65; origin uncertain; compare Old English cēir clamor, akin to cēgan to call out

SYNONYMS FOR jeer

1. sneer; jest. See scoff¹. 2, 3. deride, ridicule, flout, fleer.

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Related formsjeer·er, nounjeer·ing·ly, adverbun·jeered, adjectiveun·jeer·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for jeering

Cheering and jeering at the television an average of 5.3 hours per day was associated, however, with a higher risk of obesity.
6 Ways to Avoid ‘Sochi Gut’ While Watching the Olympics|Jenna A. Bell|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are no jeering yoga moms in the bleachers, nor any post-demonstration rumbles in the parking lot.
Confessions of an Extreme Yogi|Benjamin Lorr|December 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Without the cheering and jeering crowds to whip him up, Newt was oddly subdued.
Paul Begala: The Strangely Silent Jan. 23 Debate in Tampa|Paul Begala|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Alastair Beach reports from Cairo and talks to the jeering crowds outside.
Mubarak’s Judgment Day|Alastair Beach|August 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST

When it was my turn with him, he gave me a thin-lipped smile, like he was jeering.
Eyewitness to the Firing Squad|Lawrence Schiller|April 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He contentedly takes his place in a world that does not pretend to be genteel—a laughing, working, jeering world.
The Defendant|G.K. Chesterton
And they were without honor and respect, jeering the old-time customs and laughing in the faces of chief and shamans.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction|Various
If she smiled as she handed me the packet, I fancied she was jeering at me.
My First Book:|Various
There was a yell of demons in my ear, with Brian's jeering laugh above it all.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV|Various
Besides it is a jeering and flouting vice, and apt to put jests on the reprover.
Microcosmography|John Earle

British Dictionary definitions for jeering

jeer

/ (dʒɪə) /

verb

(often foll by at) to laugh or scoff (at a person or thing); mock

noun

a remark or cry of derision; gibe; taunt

Derived Formsjeerer, nounjeering, adjective, nounjeeringly, adverb

Word Origin for jeer

C16: of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for jeering

jeer

1550s, gyr, "to deride, to mock," of uncertain origin; perhaps from Dutch gieren "to cry or roar," or German scheren "to plague, vex," literally "to shear." OED finds the suggestion that it is an ironical use of cheer "plausible and phonetically feasible, ... but ... beyond existing evidence." Related: Jeered; jeering.

jeer

1620s, from jeer (v.).

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