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jeer

1[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


jeerer, noun
jeer⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


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