jeer
Plural: jeers
Noun
- showing your contempt by derision
- A mocking remark or reflection.
- A gear; a tackle.
- An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
Verb
Verb Forms: jeered, jeering, jeers
- To make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
- laugh at with contempt and derision
- "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
- To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
- To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.
Examples
- Don’t JEER at your opponent’s two-letter words; they often lead to big Scrabble plays.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier gyr, probably from Dutch gieren (“to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”) (related to German gieren (“to gape, snap”)); or from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). The OED states no verifiable connection to English cheer.
Synonyms
barrack, flout, gibe, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing, deride, jibe, mock, ridicule, sneer, taunt
Scrabble Score: 11
jeer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjeer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jeer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary