Word of the Day December 6, 2022 [archive]

Princeton's WordNet

1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing(verb)

   showing your contempt by derision

2. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe(verb)

   laugh at with contempt and derision

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

Webster Dictionary

1. Jeer(noun)

   a gear; a tackle

2. Jeer(noun)

   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. Jeer(verb)

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

5. Jeer(noun)

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

Origin: [Cf. Gear.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

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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How to pronounce jeer?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say jeer in sign language?

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