jeer
1- to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- 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.
- a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.
Origin of jeer
1Synonyms for jeer
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comExamples from the Web for jeering
Contemporary Examples of jeering
Cheering and jeering at the television an average of 5.3 hours per day was associated, however, with a higher risk of obesity.
There are no jeering yoga moms in the bleachers, nor any post-demonstration rumbles in the parking lot.
Without the cheering and jeering crowds to whip him up, Newt was oddly subdued.
Alastair Beach reports from Cairo and talks to the jeering crowds outside.
When it was my turn with him, he gave me a thin-lipped smile, like he was jeering.
Historical Examples of jeering
For half an hour I stood there in the grey November rain surrounded by a jeering mob.
De ProfundisOscar Wilde
But somehow Steve's jeering remarks had stirred Bandy-legs' pride.
With Trapper Jim in the North WoodsLawrence J. Leslie
It grew every moment, became a mob, shoving and surging, shouting and jeering.
The HarborErnest Poole
"Come, they want us in there," said Antoine to his companion in a jeering tone.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
He read after lunch at his club the jeering remarks of the evening Press.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2)Harry Furniss
jeer
- (often foll by at) to laugh or scoff (at a person or thing); mock
- a remark or cry of derision; gibe; taunt
Word Origin for jeer
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.).