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JEER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing your contempt by derision

Synonyms:

jeer; jeering; mockery; scoff; scoffing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jeer" is a kind of...):

derision (contemptuous laughter)

Derivation:

jeer (laugh at with contempt and derision)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Laugh at with contempt and derision

Example:

The crowd jeered at the speaker

Synonyms:

barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "jeer" is one way to...):

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

jeer (showing your contempt by derision)

jeerer (someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision)

jeering (showing your contempt by derision)

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 Context examples: 

Then he made the best of his way off, while the nurse laughed and the baby crowed; and all the court jeered at him for having had so much trouble for nothing, and said, We wish you a very good morning, and a merry feast, Mr RUMPLESTILTSKIN!

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Pick out some great, wanton flame of a woman, who laughs at life and jeers at death and loves one while she may.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)