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jeery

jeery adjective: jeering.

Adjective

jeery (comparative more jeery, superlative most jeery)

  1. Jeering.
    • “I not ^([sic]) going in there,” I protested, eliciting jeery laughter from the crowd.2008, Jerry Rannow, This One'll Killya, page 124
    • I couldn't hear what they were saying, but they were laughing and shouting in such a jeery sort of way that I wanted to hide.2015, Chloe Bennet, Boywatching

Forms of jeery

comparativemore jeery
superlativemost jeery

Origin of jeery

From jeer + -y.

Questions about jeery

What does jeery mean?
Jeery means jeering.
What part of speech is jeery?
Jeery is an adjective.

Words near jeery in the dictionary

  1. jeeringly
  2. jeerings
  3. jeerleader
  4. jeerleaders
  5. jeers
  6. jeery
  7. jees
  8. jeesely
  9. jeesh
  10. jeesly
  11. jeet

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