verb, noun
verb ~ (at sb) to laugh at sb or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them:
[V] a jeering crowd * The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd. * [VN] The players were jeered by disappointed fans. [also Vspeech]
noun [usuallypl.] a rude remark that sb shouts at sb else to show that they do not respect or like them:
He walked on to the stage to be greeted with jeers and whistles.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for jeer is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does jeer appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — jeer appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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