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Webster 1913 Edition
Jeer
Jeer
,Noun.
[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.
Jeer
,Verb.
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
, Verb.
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff;
as, to
. jeer
at a speaker
Syn. – To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.
Jeer
,Verb.
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.
Jeer
,Noun.
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Midas, exposed to all their
Had lost his art, and kept his ears.
jeers
,Had lost his art, and kept his ears.
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jeer
JEER
,Verb.
I.
JEER
,Verb.
T.
JEER
,Noun.
Midas exposed to all their jeers,
Had lost his art, and kept his ears.
Definition 2024
jeer
jeer
English
Noun
jeer (plural jeers)
- A mocking remark or reflection
- 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.
- 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,
Translations
railing remark or reflection; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery
Verb
jeer (third-person singular simple present jeers, present participle jeering, simple past and past participle jeered)
- (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.
- Edmund Spenser,
- (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt
- Ben Jonson
- And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves.
- Ben Jonson
Synonyms
- (to utter sarcastic remarks): scoff, sneer
- (to treat with scoffs): deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule
Translations
to scoff or mock
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Etymology 2
Compare gear.
Noun
jeer (plural jeers)
- (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
- (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
- 1984, James Lees, The masting and rigging of English ships of war, 1625-1860, page 65:
- In the nineteenth century, 1811 to be exact, the jeers were unrove after the yard was slung, the weight of the yard being borne by chain slings. The jeers used then were a treble block lashed to the mast head through a hole in the center of the top
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Derived terms
Translations
nautical: assemblage for hoisting yards
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