Definition of "jeer" in English

noun

1. A mocking remark or reflection.

   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Fable of Midas, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol XII, Sir Walter Scott, ed., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824, pages 302-5, Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.

verb

1. (intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

2. (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.

noun

1. (nautical) A gear; a tackle.

2. (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.