jeer

[US]/dʒɪə(r)/
[UK]/dʒɪr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. mock
n. mockery

Example Sentences

They shouted jeers at him.

jeer at a defeated enemy

to jeer at a defeated enemy

a chorus of jeers from the bystanders.

a performance that drew jeers from the audience.

some of the younger men jeered at him.

councillors were jeered and heckled.

jeered the speaker off the stage.

The crowd hooted and jeered at the speaker.

The crowd jeered when the boxer was knocked down.

Don't jeer at the person who came last in the race — it's very unkind.

The crowd jeered at the politicians who had failed in the election.

Threats to reinstate the tax elicited jeer from the Opposition.

The boy struck at his companion who had jeered at him.

Secondly, hidden sharp point of jocosity speech expresses novelist"s satire and jeer in amusing context.

Musical snobs often deride the harmonica as a serious instrument. Togibe is to make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks:

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