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Meanings of jeer in English

Catalan
escarni

Showing your contempt by derision.

escarni
Catalan
burlar-se
Spanish
rechiflar

To treat or speak of with contempt.

burlar-se
Usage of jeer in English
1
The crowds felt free to cheer, jeer, and offer questions and comments.
A. lincoln: a biography
2
No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless devilment.
In the Roaring Fifties
3
The shrill jeer of a newsboy broke in upon his pathetic speech.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
The omnipresent small boys and soldiers jeer, and some tear the banners.
Jailed for Freedom
5
They began to jeer and insult him more than the other boys.
The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories
6
The girl's defiant attitude only incited the workmen to jeer the more.
The Fortune of the Rougons
7
The crowd gave a parting jeer as they lost sight of them.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
8
Hideous and misshapen, mankind jeer at me as I pass the streets.
Zanoni
9
I smiled at that, and would not miss the chance to jeer.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
10
At some light jeer over the California railroad situation, Lane suddenly spoke:-
Together
11
I know who your friend is, Clive would jeer from the stoep.
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
12
And scorn me, and jeer at me, as all the others do.
The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories
13
Even now I feel sometimes inclined to laugh and jeer at myself.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
14
More whistles and crashes sounded, and the entire table began to jeer.
Hook
15
As they pass Max they point their fingers and jeer at him.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
16
So that, what Leap-Year once allowed, people have turned into a jeer.
Over the Fireside with Silent Friends
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Jeer through the time
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