jeer

jeer

jeer (third-person singular simple present jeers, present participle jeering, simple past and past participle jeered)

1. (intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
   • Edmund Spenser,

     But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.

   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Evertons fans.

2. (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt; to flout.
   • B. Jonson,

     And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

jeer (plural jeers)

1. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
   • 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.

jeer

1. indeed, verily, truly, actually
   • Jeer cha nel!
     • Indeed it is not!

	scherno
	railing remark or reflection; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery

	deridere
	Treat or speak of with contempt.

beffa

beffare

beffarsi

burlare

burlarsi

canzonare

derisione

prendere in giro

schernire

Altri significati:

to scoff or mock

A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

(transitive) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

jeer (at)

(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.

(nautical) A gear; a tackle.

(nautical)(plural). An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

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