jeer
/d͡ʒɪə/US/d͡ʒɪɹ/
jeer noun: a mocking remark or reflection.
Noun (1)
jeer (plural jeers)
- A mocking remark or reflection.
- Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.1711, Jonathan Swift, The Fable of Midas, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol XII, Sir Walter Scott, ed., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824, pages 302-5
Verb
jeer (third-person singular simple present jeers, present participle jeering, simple past and past participle jeered)
- 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, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21
- At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
- To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
- And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves.1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene...
Noun (2)
jeer (plural jeers)
- A gear; a tackle.
- An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
- In the nineteenth century, 1811 to be exact, the jeers were unrove after the yard was slung, the weight of the yard being borne by chain slings. The jeers used then were a treble block lashed to the mast head through a hole in the center of the top1984, James Lees, The masting and rigging of English ships of war, 1625-1860, page 65
jeer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
jeer in Tamil
- இகழ், இகழ்ச்சி, ஏளனம், ஏளனம் செய்
jeer in Urdu
- چڑھ, چوٹ, مضحکہ, تمسخر, تضحیک, چڑھانا
jeer in Bengali
- উপহাস, বিদ্রূপ করা, টিটকারি দেওয়া, হাসিঠাট্টা করা, বিদ্রূপবাক্য, বিদ্রূপপূর্বক
jeer in Malayalam
- പുച്ഛിക്കുക, പരിഹസിക്കുക, കളിയാക്കി ചിരിക്കുക
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- jeer in Kannada
- ಗೇಲಿ ಮಾಡು, ಮೂದಲಿಸು, ಅಪಹಾಸ್ಯ ಮಾಡು, ಚುಡಾಯಿಸು
- jeer in Punjabi
- ਮਖੌਲ makhaul
- jeer in Tagalog
- atsoy
- jeer in Vietnamese
- chế giễu
Examples of jeer in a sentence
- The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.
- The jeers rained down on me throughout my middle school years.
- His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
Synonyms of jeer
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Forms of jeer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jeers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jeers |
| present participle | jeering |
| past participle | jeered |
| past | jeered |
Origin of jeer
From earlier gyr, probably from Dutch gieren (“to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”) (related to German gieren (“to gape, snap”)); or from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). The OED states no verifiable connection to English cheer.
Compare gear.
Words formed from jeer
Phrases with jeer
Words that rhyme with jeer
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about jeer
- What does jeer mean?
- Jeer means a mocking remark or reflection.
- What is jeer in Tamil?
- Jeer in Tamil is இகழ், இகழ்ச்சி, ஏளனம். See Jeer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jeer?
- Jeer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce jeer?
- Jeer is pronounced /d͡ʒɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jeer?
- The plural of jeer is jeers.
Words near jeer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jeer (page history and authors); jeer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jeer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jeer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jeer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jeer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਖੌਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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