Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jeer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jeer \Jeer\, n. [Cf. {Gear}.] (Naut.)
(a) A gear; a tackle.
(b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting
or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
{Jeer capstan} (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed
between the foremast and mainmast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jeer \Jeer\, v. i. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jeer \Jeer\, v. t.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jeer \Jeer\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jeer
n : showing your contempt by derision [syn: {jeering}, {mockery},
{scoff}, {scoffing}]
v : laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn:
{scoff}, {flout}, {barrack}, {gibe}]
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