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# jeer

verb (jeer, jeers, jeered, jeering); noun (a jeer, jeers)

«jeer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To jeer is to shout or laugh at someone in a rude, mocking way to show you do not like them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#m1)
2. A jeer is a rude, mocking shout or remark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#m2)

### In the lessons

Stories and sport: crowds jeer at the other team or the referee. Citizenship and kindness lessons: jeering is a kind of bullying. It tells the reader that people are being unkind as a group. Phrases: «jeer at», «boos and jeers».

### Examples

- The crowd jeered at the referee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x1)
- It is unkind to jeer at someone who falls over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x2)
- The boos and jeers stopped when the band started. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x3)
- The bullies jeered as he walked past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x4)
- The player ignored the jeers and scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x5)
- Nobody should jeer at someone's clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x6)
- I tried speaking him fair, but he jeered at me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/#x7)

### Note

Regular: jeered. Often with «at». Similar: mock, taunt, boo. Opposite: cheer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jeer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jeer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jeer.html) on Mova free.