- 1. n. A gear; a tackle. Source: opted
- 2. n. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. Source: opted
- 3. 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. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at. Source: opted
- 5. n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery. Source: opted
- 6. n. showing your contempt by derision Source: wordnet
- 7. v. laugh at with contempt and derision Source: wordnet
- 8. (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. 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. 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. 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. Source: webster
- 9. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting orlowering the lower yards of a ship. Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extracapstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast. Source: adambom
- 10. n:33/v:67 n. showing your contempt by derision v. laugh at with contempt and derision Source: ecdict
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