jeer
verb /dʒɪə(r)/
/dʒɪr/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jeer | /dʒɪə(r)/ /dʒɪr/ |
| he / she / it jeers | /dʒɪəz/ /dʒɪrz/ |
| past simple jeered | /dʒɪəd/ /dʒɪrd/ |
| past participle jeered | /dʒɪəd/ /dʒɪrd/ |
| -ing form jeering | /ˈdʒɪərɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪrɪŋ/ |
- to laugh at somebody or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them synonym taunt
- a jeering crowd
- The audience jeered loudly when he came on stage.
- jeer at somebody The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd.
- jeer somebody The players were jeered by disappointed fans.
- + speech ‘Coward!’ he jeered.
- Gabrielle ignored the jeering and continued walking down the school steps.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJeer is used with these nouns as the subject:- audience
- crowd
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.