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 Definitions of jeer  [ʒɪər]  

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Definition of 'jeer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) jeer
to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely.

2. (v.t.) jeer
to speak or shout derisively at; taunt; mock.

3.  jeer
to drive away by derisive shouts (fol. by out of, off, etc.):
to jeer an actor off the stage.

4. (n.) jeer
a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.

Etymology:  (1555–65)

Definition of 'jeer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing
showing your contempt by derision

2. (verb) jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
laugh at with contempt and derision
"The crowd jeered at the speaker"


Definition of 'jeer' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) jeer
to laugh or shout unkindly at sb in public
The audience jeered and threw things.; to jeer sb; loud jeers from the crowd


Definition of 'jeer' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) jeer
a gear; a tackle

2. (noun) jeer
an assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship

3. (noun) jeer
a railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery

4.  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

5. (verb) jeer
to treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at


Translation of 'jeer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly
He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: spot Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْخَر من Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: надсмивам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: zombar Czech flag Czech: vypískat, vykřičet German flag German: höhnen
Danish flag Danish: håne Greek flag Greek: γιουχαΐζω Spanish flag Spanish: abuchear
Estonian flag Estonian: välja naerma Farsi flag Farsi: هو کردن؛ مورد تمسخر قرار Finnish flag Finnish: pilkata
French flag French: huer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִלעוֹג Hindi flag Hindi: उपहास करना
Croatian flag Croatian: rugati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: lehurrog Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencemooh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera hróp að, hæða Italian flag Italian: deridere Japanese flag Japanese: あざける
Korean flag Korean: 조소하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nušvilpti Latvian flag Latvian: izsvilpt
Malay flag Malay: diejek-ejek Dutch flag Dutch: honen Norwegian flag Norwegian: håne, spotte
Polish flag Polish: wyśmiać Persian flag Persian: هو کردن؛ مورد تمسخر قرار Pashto flag Pashto: مسخره كول: پيغور وركول (
Portuguese flag Portuguese: zombar Romanian flag Romanian: a huidui­ Russian flag Russian: глумиться
Slovak flag Slovak: vypískať Slovenian flag Slovenian: izžvižgati Serbian flag Serbian: rugati se
Swedish flag Swedish: håna, hånskratta, begabba Thai flag Thai: โห่ Turkish flag Turkish: yuhalamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 嘲笑 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: глузувати Urdu flag Urdu: تضحیک کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chế nhạo Chinese flag Chinese: 嘲笑

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