| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun jeer.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (jeer) | 1. Showing your contempt by derision.[Wordnet]. 2. A gear; a tackle.[Websters]. 3. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.[Websters]. 4. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To offend.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To hurt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To seek or look. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To belabour or knock. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To scoff or flout. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To scold, discredit or admonish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb jeer.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (jeer) | 1. Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker".[Wordnet]. 2. To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.[Websters]. 3. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: jeering, jeered, jeers, jeerer, jeerers, jeeringly and jeeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "JEERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: jeer
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To utter severe, sarcastic reflections; to scoff; to deride; to flout; to make a mock of; as, to jeer at one in sport.. | 2: [Verb] To treat with scoffs or derision.. | 3: [Noun] Railing language; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery; derision; ridicule with scorn. Midas exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Geography | Jeer is geographically located in Somalia. Its features include a waterhole(s) (a natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas). Its geographic coordinates are 2.683333 degrees North latitude and 45.816667 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] (intransitive, construed with at) 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. (references) | 2: [Etymology 1] (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. (references) | 3: [Etymology 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 But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. - Spenser. (references) | 4: [Etymology 2] (nautical) A gear; a tackle. (references) | 5: [Etymology 2] (Nautical)(plural). An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. (references) |
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Common Expressions: jeer
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Jeer capstan | (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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