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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 (followed by out of, off, etc.): They jeered the speaker off the stage.
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Jeered
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
5.
a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.
Origin:
1555–65; origin uncertain; compare Old English cēir clamor, akin to cēgan to call out
1555–65; origin uncertain; compare Old English cēir clamor, akin to cēgan to call out
Related forms
jeer·er, noun
jeer·ing·ly, adverb
un·jeered, adjective
un·jeer·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
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."
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