jeer
[dʒɪr]
n. 嘲笑, 讥讽, 弄

vt. 嘲弄, 揶揄, 弄

vi. 嘲弄, 揶揄, 弄



jeer
[ noun ]

1. showing your contempt by derision

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

1. laugh at with contempt and derision

<verb.communication> barrack flout gibe scoff
The crowd jeered at the speaker

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.

{Jeer capstan} (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed
between the foremast and mainmast.


Jeer \Jeer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jeered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jeering}.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers,
taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren
to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st {Geck})
+ scheren to shear. See {Shear}, v.]
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with
mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as,
to jeer at a speaker.

But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. --Spenser.

Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.


Jeer \Jeer\, v. t.
To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to
taunt; to flout; to mock at.

And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves. --B.
Jonson.


Jeer \Jeer\, n.
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting
jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

Midas, exposed to all their jeers,
Had lost his art, and kept his ears. --Swift.