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–verb (used without object)

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

–verb (used with object)

2.	to shout derisively at; taunt.

3.	to treat with scoffs or derision; mock.

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

–noun

5.	a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.

[Origin: 1555–65; orig. uncert.; cf. OE céir clamor, akin to cégan to call out

]

—Related forms

jeerer, noun

jeer·ing·ly, adverb

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

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–noun Often, jeers. Nautical.

any of various combinations of tackles for raising or lowering heavy yards.

[Origin: 1485–95; jee + -er¹

]

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jeer Audio Help   (jîr) Pronunciation Key
v.   jeered, jeer·ing, jeers

v.   intr.
To speak or shout derisively; mock.

v.   tr.
To abuse vocally; taunt: jeered the speaker off the stage.

n.   A scoffing or taunting remark or shout.

[Origin unknown.]

jeer'er n., jeer'ing·ly adv.

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1553, gyr, "to deride, to mock," perhaps from Du. gieren "to cry or roar," or Ger. scheren "to plague, vex," lit. "to shear." OED finds the suggestion that it is an ironical use of cheer "plausible and phonetically feasible, ... but ... beyond existing evidence."

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jeer
noun
1.	showing your contempt by derision
verb
1.	laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

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jeer1 [dʒiə] verb

to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly
Example: He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.

Arabic:	يَسْخَر من
Chinese (Simplified):	嘲笑
Chinese (Traditional):	嘲笑
Czech:	vypískat, vykřičet
Danish:	håne
Dutch:	honen
Estonian:	välja naerma
Finnish:	ivata
French:	huer
German:	höhnen
Greek:	γιουχαΐζω
Hungarian:	lehurrog
Icelandic:	gera hróp að, hæða
Indonesian:	mencemooh
Italian:	deridere

Japanese:	あざける
Korean:	(…을)야유하다
Latvian:	izsvilpt
Lithuanian:	nušvilpti
Norwegian:	håne, spotte
Polish:	wyśmiać
Portuguese (Brazil):	caçoar
Portuguese (Portugal):	zombar
Romanian:	a huidui
Russian:	глумиться
Slovak:	vypískať
Slovenian:	izžvižgati
Spanish:	abuchear
Swedish:	håna, hånskratta, begabba
Turkish:	yuhalamak

jeer2 [dʒiə] verb

(with at) to make fun of (someone) rudely
Example: He's always jeering at her stupidity.

Arabic:	يَتَهَكَّم على
Chinese (Simplified):	嘲弄
Chinese (Traditional):	嘲弄
Czech:	posmívat se, zesměšňovat
Danish:	gøre grin med
Dutch:	spotten met
Estonian:	pilkama
Finnish:	tehdä pilkkaa
French:	(se) moquer (de)
German:	spotten
Greek:	κοροϊδεύω κπ. με αναίδεια
Hungarian:	kigúnyol vkit
Icelandic:	hæða, spotta
Indonesian:	mengejek
Italian:	beffarsi di*

Japanese:	ひやかす
Korean:	조롱하다, 놀리다
Latvian:	ņirgāties
Lithuanian:	šaipytis
Norwegian:	drive gjøn med
Polish:	szydzić
Portuguese (Brazil):	zombar
Portuguese (Portugal):	zombar
Romanian:	a-şi bate joc (de)
Russian:	насмехаться
Slovak:	posmievať sa
Slovenian:	posmehovati se
Spanish:	burlarse, mofarse
Swedish:	göra narr av, driva med
Turkish:	alay etmek

jeer [dʒiə] noun

a rude or mocking shout
Example: the jeers and boos of the audience

Arabic:	صِياح إسْتِهْزاء
Chinese (Simplified):	嘲笑
Chinese (Traditional):	嘲笑
Czech:	nesouhlasný křik
Danish:	hånlatter
Dutch:	hoon
Estonian:	pilkehüüd
Finnish:	ivahuudot
French:	huée
German:	der Hohn
Greek:	γιουχάισμα, κραυγή αποδοκιμασίας
Hungarian:	lehurrogás
Icelandic:	háð, spott
Indonesian:	cemoohan
Italian:	lazzo

Japanese:	あざけり
Korean:	야유
Latvian:	izsmiekls; ņirdzīga piezīme
Lithuanian:	pajuokimas, pašaipa
Norwegian:	hånlig tilrop, spott
Polish:	gwizdy
Portuguese (Brazil):	chacota, caçoada
Portuguese (Portugal):	chacota
Romanian:	huiduială
Russian:	насмешка
Slovak:	posmech, posmešné výkriky
Slovenian:	roganje
Spanish:	abucheo
Swedish:	hånfullt tillrop
Turkish:	yuhalama

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Jeer

Gear\, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i] ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress.]

1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.

Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.

2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.

Homely gear and common ware. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.

Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. --Spenser.

4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]

Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.

8. (Mech.) (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. (b) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.

9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b) .

10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man. --Latimer.

Bever gear. See Bevel gear.

Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise.

Expansion gear (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion.

Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n.

Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting.

Gear wheel, any cogwheel.

Running gear. See under Running.

To throw in, or out of, gear (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.

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Jeer

Jears\, n. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b) .

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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.

Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.

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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.

But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. --Spenser.

Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.

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