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jeer(2)(dictionary)
jeer(dictionary)

jeer(2) (iou)



jeer verb & noun2. M16.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Speak or call out in derision or mockery; scoff derisively. (Foll. by at.) M16.
D. M. Thomas Some looked sorry for them, but others laughed and jeered. P. Angadi I jeer at her uneducated, brainless approach to life and laugh openly at her.
b. verb trans. Say or call out in derision or mockery. E20.
A. McCowen When passing a waiting bus queue, he would often jeer, 'Look at the poor!'
verb trans. Address or treat with scornful derision; mock, taunt. L16.
C. M. Yonge The mob pelted him and jeered him by his assumed name of King Arthur.
verb trans. Drive or force (into, out of, etc.) by jeering. M17.
H. Martineau They would jeer me off the stand.
b. noun.
A huff, a bad temper. rare. Only in L16.
An act of jeering; a scoff, a gibe, a taunt. E17.
C. H. Spurgeon A blow is much sooner forgotten than a jeer.
The action of jeering; mockery, scoffing, derision. M17-M18.
jeerer noun M16.
jeeringly adverb in a jeering manner M17.