Sekirov Dictionary

jeer

UK /d͡ʒɪə/US /d͡ʒɪɹ/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 5

noun3

•
A mocking remark or reflection.
- Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears. — 1711
A gear; a tackle.
[in the plural] An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

verb2

•
To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- But when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake, / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake. — 1590
•
To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
- And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves. — 1625

forms

jeered · jeering · jeereth · jeers · jeerest

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