From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jeer \Jeer\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Jeered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jeering}.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st {Geck}) + scheren to shear. See {Shear}, v.] 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.
Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jeering \Jeer"ing\, adjective Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. -- {Jeer"ing*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of 'coward' and 'sissy'" [syn: {derisive}, {gibelike}, {mocking}, {taunting}]
noun
1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: {jeer}, {mockery}, {scoff}, {scoffing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeering": affront, aspersion, atrocity, banter, bantering, booing, brickbat, catcalling, chaffing, contempt, contumely, cut, derision, derisive, derisory, despite, dump, enormity, fleering, flippancy, flippant, flout, flouting, fooling, gibe, grinning, hissing, hooting, humiliation, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mock, mockery, mocking, offense, outrage, panning, put-down, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoff, scoffing, scurrility, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunt, taunting, teasing, twitting, uncomplimentary remark
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