Jeer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
verb (used with object)
  1. to shout derisively at; taunt.
  2. to treat with scoffs or derision; mock.
  3. to drive away by derisive shouts (followed by out of, off, etc.): They jeered the speaker off the stage.
noun
  1. a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.
noun Often jeers. Nautical.
  1. any of various combinations of tackles for raising or lowering heavy yards.
verb
  1. to laugh or scoff (at a person or thing); mock
noun
  1. a remark or cry of derision; gibe; taunt
Jeer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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