JEER meaning: Mocking or taunting in scorn

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word jeer:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

jeer: Merriam-Webster
jeer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
jeer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
jeer: Collins English Dictionary
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Jeer, jeer: Wordnik
jeer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
jeer: Wiktionary
jeer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
jeer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
jeer: Infoplease Dictionary
Jeer, jeer: Dictionary.com
jeer: Online Etymology Dictionary
jeer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Jeer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
jeer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
jeer: Rhymezone
jeer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
jeer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
jeer: FreeDictionary.org
jeer: Mnemonic Dictionary
jeer: TheFreeDictionary.com
jeer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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jeer: Legal dictionary

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jeer: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

jeer: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

jeer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Jeer: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A mocking remark or reflection.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
▸ noun:  (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Similar:

scoff, mockery, flout, barrack, gibe, jibe, taunt, laugh, jape, derision, more...

Opposite:

cheer, applaud, praise

Types:

snicker, chuckle, guffaw, jeering, jeers, more...

Phrases:

jeer capstan, jeer at, jeer up, opposite of jeer, more...

Adjectives:

ribald, many, loud, final, cynical, brutal, contemptuous, last, occasional, derisive, heartless

Colors:

gray, black, dark green, olive, maroon, more...