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jeer
noun 
  1. 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: 
  • French: raillerie , moquerie
  • German: Spott
  • Italian: scherno
  • Spanish: burlerí­a
verb 
  1. (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 . - Spenser
  1. (transitive) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
And if we can not them, we jeer ourselves. - B. Jonson.
Translations: 
  • French: railler, moquer
  • German: spotten
  • Spanish: burlarse, abuchear
     
 
  

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