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jeer
What does jeer mean?
jeer (verb): laugh at with contempt and derision.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use jeer in a sentence?
- The crowd jeered at the speaker. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce jeer?
/dʒɪɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does jeer come from?
From earlier gyr, probably from Dutch gieren (“to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”) (related to German gieren (“to gape, snap”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to jeer
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “jeer” mean?
laugh at with contempt and derision
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to emit a short, high-pitched sound
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to parade, display with ostentation
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