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jeer] 
–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 cēir clamor, akin to cēgan to call out
1555–65; orig. uncert.; cf. OE cēir clamor, akin to cēgan to call out
Related forms:
jeerer, noun
jeer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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| jeer (jîr) 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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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.Jeer
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.Jeer
Jeer\, v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at. And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves. --B. Jonson.Jeer
Jeer\, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery. Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears. --Swift.
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Language Translation for : jeer
Spanish:
abuchear,
German:
höhnen,
Japanese:
あざける
jeer
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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