Jeer

Etymology 1
Perhaps a corruption of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from gekscheren to jeer, literally, to shear the fool; gek a fool (see geck) + scheren to shear. See shear, verb.

Noun

 * 1) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
 * 2) * 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,
 * Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Interlingua: burla, crito de derision
 * Italian:


 * Russian: насмешка, глумление
 * Scots:
 * Spanish: burlería
 * Swedish:, okvädingsord
 * Volapük: kof

Verb

 * 1)  To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
 * 2) * Edmund Spenser,
 * But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
 * 1)  To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
 * 2) * B. Jonson,
 * And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

Synonyms

 * scoff, sneer
 * deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule

Translations

 * Czech: se
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Interlingua: derider
 * Polish: wyśmiewać, kpić


 * Russian: насмехаться, глумиться
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Volapük: kofön

Etymology 2
Compare gear.

Noun

 * 1)  A gear; a tackle.
 * 2) (nautical)(plural). An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Derived terms

 * jeer capstan

Translations

 * German:


 * Finnish: taljasto

Etymology
From dír:.

Adverb

 * 1) indeed, verily, truly, actually
 * 2) * Jeer !
 * 3) ** Indeed it is not!

Noun

 * 1) Hippopotamus

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