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4 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒɪə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eejrStarts with JEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. laugh at with contempt and derision

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • But when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake, / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.
  • At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
  • And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

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