jeer
IPA: dʒˈɪr
noun
- A mocking remark or reflection.
- (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
- (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
verb
- (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
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Examples of "jeer" in Sentences
- The people mock and jeer Jesus.
- Crowds continued jeering at him.
- The Jews mock and jeer at oaths.
- The Lynch twins jeer at them from a distance.
- The audience jeers and boos to the performance.
- When his spoof is revealed, the rats jeer and leave.
- He walks defiantly through the crowd as they taunt and jeer at him.
- He saw the hideous crowd jeering in the face of the powerful statue.
- He continued to jeer and then engage in personal slurs and snide remarks.
- It fuels drama by providing a large crowd to leer and jeer at the daily drama.
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