jeer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
jeer (plural jeers)
- A mocking remark or reflection.
- Synonyms: scoff, taunt, flout, jibe, mockery
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Fable of Midas, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol XII, Sir Walter Scott, ed., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824, pages 302-5,
- Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.
- French: moquerie, raillerie
- German: Spott
- Italian: scherno, scorno, burla, beffa
- Portuguese: zombaria, escárnio
- Russian: глумле́ние
- Spanish: burlería
jeer (jeers, present participle jeering; past and past participle jeered)
- (intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
- (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
- 1625, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News
- And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves.
- 1625, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News
- (to utter sarcastic remarks) scoff, sneer
- (to treat with scoffs) deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule
- See Thesaurus:mock
- See Thesaurus:deride
- French: moquer, railler
- German: spotten
- Italian: deridere, schernire, motteggiare, sbeffeggiare
- Portuguese: zombar, escarnecer, ridicularizar
- Russian: насмеха́ться
- Spanish: burlarse, abuchear
jeer (plural jeers)
- (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
- (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
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