Jeer
Jeer , noun
[Compare Gear.]
(a)
(Nautical) A gear; a tackle.
(b)
(Nautical) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
Collocations (1)
Jeer capstan (Nautical) , an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.
Jeer , intransitive verb
[Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. from Dutch gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear, v.]
To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.
Jeer , transitive verb
To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.
Jeer , noun
A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Midas, exposed to all their jeers,
Had lost his art, and kept his ears.