Definitions for jeer
dʒɪərjeer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffingverb

   showing your contempt by derision

2. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibeverb

   laugh at with contempt and derision

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jeer

   Passion (Greek πάσχω "to suffer, to be acted on" and Late Latin (chiefly Christian) passio "passion; suffering" (from Latin pati "to suffer"; participle: passus)) is a term used to denote strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. It is particularly used in the context of romance or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust, often incorporating ideas of ecstasy and/or suffering. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) describes passions as "penchants, inclinations, desires and aversions carried to a certain degree of intensity, combined with an indistinct sensation of pleasure or pain, occasioned or accompanied by some irregular movement of the blood and animal spirits, are what we call passions. They can be so strong as to inhibit all practice of personal freedom, a state in which the soul is in some sense rendered passive; whence the name passions. This inclination or so-called disposition of the soul, is born of the opinion we hold that a great good or a great evil is contained in an object which in and of itself arouses passion".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Jeernoun

   a gear; a tackle

2. Jeernoun

   an assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship

3. Jeer

   to utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker

4. Jeerverb

   to treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at

5. Jeernoun

   a railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery

6. Etymology: [Cf. Gear.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Jeer

   jēr, v.t. to make sport of: to treat with derision.—v.i. to scoff: to deride: to make a mock of.—n. a railing remark: biting jest: mockery.—n. Jeer′er, a scoffer or mocker.—adv. Jeer′ingly. [Acc. to Skeat, from the Dut. phrase den gek scheeren, lit. 'to shear the fool,' to mock, the words gek scheeren (now scheren) being corr. into jeer.]

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1. JEER

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jeer in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jeer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jeer
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeer
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeer
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=jeer