Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To speak or shout derisively; mock.
- v. To abuse vocally; taunt: jeered the speaker off the stage.
- n. A scoffing or taunting remark or shout.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make a mock of some person or thing; scoff: as, to jeer at one in sport.
- Synonyms Gibe, Scoff, etc. See sneer.
- To treat with scoffs or derision; make a mock of; deride; flout.
- n. A scoff; a taunt; a flout; a gibe; a mock.
- n. A huff; a pet.
- n. Nautical, tackle for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a man-of-war: usually in the plural.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical A gear; a tackle.
- n. nautical, in the plural An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
- n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
- v. intransitive To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- v. transitive, archaic To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt; to flout.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A gear; a tackle.
- n. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
- v. To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff.
- v. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
- n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
WordNet 3.0
- v. laugh at with contempt and derision
- n. showing your contempt by derision
Etymologies
- Perhaps a corruption of cheer ("to salute with cheers"), taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from Dutch gekscheren ("to jeer", literally "to shear the fool"), from gek ("a fool") (see geck) + scheren ("to shear") (see shear (v)). (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Republicans rattle the flag and jeer from the sidelines, but owe the public an explanation why they are not the Grand Old Obstructionist Party ...”
“As I said to Squeege, it is very easy to jeer from the sidelines and make boastful claims of what you would do in the same situation.”
“Sime flung a jeer from the top of the canoe, the women snickered in his face, cries of derision rose in his wake, but he took no notice, pressing onward to the house of Scundoo.”
“It didn’t happen to you so it’s easy to jeer from the sidelines.”
“For according to Theophrastus, a jeer is a figurative reproach for some fault or misdemeanor; and therefore he that hears it supplies the concealed part, as if he knew and gave credit to the thing.”
“Almost eight years ago, you made a remark -- this may show you that if we "jeer" at your remarks, we remember them.”
“The new Defence minister, John Hutton, has praised the idea of homecoming parades (wanting more of them) and criticised those who 'jeer' at the returning troops:”
“Little Britain had our full attention and, for the most part, all it did was escort us down to an underclass bedlam to jeer at the loonies.”
The Guardian: Farewell and good riddance to Little Britain | Barbara Ellen
“If nothing else, there aren't so many people now, at least to judge from callers to talksport the other day, who still think it's OK to jeer and sneer at women match officials purely on account of their gender.”
The Guardian: Andy Gray and Richard Keys convicted on sound evidence | Barney Ronay
“Dozens of hotel maids lined the sidewalk to jeer former International Monetary Fund chairman Dominique Strauss-Kahn as he arrived in court Monday for arraignment on charges of sexual assault.”
Voice of America: Assault Cases Focus Attention on Maids' Vulnerability
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