English
Pronunciation
IPA|/d�ir/
rhymes|ɪ�(r)
Etymology 1
Perhaps a corruption of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from Dutch gekscheren to jeer, literally, to shear the fool; gek a fool (see geck) + scheren to shear. See shear, verb
Noun
en-noun
- 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
Translations
trans-top|railing remark or reflection; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery
Finnish: pilkka
French: raillerie f, moquerie f
German: Spott m
Interlingua: burla, crito de derision
trans-mid
Italian: scherno m
Swedish: glåpord n, okvädingsord n
Spanish: burlerÃa
Volapük: kof
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Verb
en-verb
- intransitive 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
- transitive 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.
Synonyms
italbrac|to utter sarcastic remarks: scoff, sneer
italbrac|to treat with scoffs: deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule
Translations
trans-top|scoff or mock
Finnish: pilkata, ilkkua
French: railler, moquer
German: spotten
Interlingua: derider
trans-mid
Spanish: burlarse, abuchear
Swedish: häckla, pika, smäda
Volapük: kofön
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Etymology 2
Compare gear
Noun
en-noun
- nautical A gear; a tackle.
- (Nautical)(plural). An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
Derived terms
jeer capstan
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|A gear; a tackle
German: Fall n
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Somali
Noun
jeer
- hippopotamus|Hippopotamus
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