jeer

  • 21jeer — verb Jeer is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑audience, ↑crowd …

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  • 22jeer — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, affront, aspersion, atrocity, back answer, barrack, boo, brickbat, bullyrag, call names, catcall, caustic remark, chaff, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, cut, cut at, cutting remark, decry, deride,… …

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  • 23jeer — I. v. n. Sneer, scoff, flout, mock, gibe, fleer, rail. II. v. a. Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, mock, gibe, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, chaff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, gibe at, crook the finger at. III. n. Sneer, scoff, taunt, gibe,… …

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  • 24jeer — verb (I, T) to laugh unkindly at someone to show that you strongly disapprove of them (+ at): of course they jeered at you you lost the game, right? jeer noun (C): hurtful jeers …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25jeer — [dʒɪə] verb [I/T] to shout or laugh at someone in an unkind way jeer noun [C] …

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  • 26jeer — I. /dʒɪə / (say jear) verb (i) 1. to speak or shout derisively; gibe or scoff rudely. –verb (t) 2. to treat with derision; make a mock of. –noun 3. a jeering utterance; a derisive or rude gibe. –phrase 4. jeer at, to deride or mock. {? Old… …

  • 27Jeer Hungar — (吉爾杭阿) (? June 11856) belonged to Bordered Yellow Banner. He was an eminent Manchu official in the late Qing dynasty and served as the Governor of Jiangsu. He was appointed to that post by Imperial Inspector Minister Xiang Rong (向榮). Jeer Hungar… …

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  • 28jeer´ing|ly — jeer «jihr», verb, noun. –v.i. to make fun in a rude or unkind way; scoff; mock: »Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under scoff. (Cf. ↑scoff) –v.t. to speak to or treat with scornful derision; de …

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  • 29Jeer capstan — Jeer Jeer, n. [Cf. {Gear}.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. [1913 Webster] {Jeer capstan} (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30jeer — I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1561 intransitive verb to speak or cry out with derision or mockery transitive verb to deride with jeers ; taunt Synonyms: see scoff • jeerer noun • jeeringly …

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