jeer

Meanings

Noun

• 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

• To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
• To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.

Related

Similar words

• scoff, sneer
• deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule

Origin

• Perhaps a corruption of cheer, taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from Dutch gekscheren ("to jeer"), from gek (see geck) + scheren (see shear). Also compare German and Dutch gieren.
• Compare gear.