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# jeering

verb form (-ing form of jeer); adjective (jeering); noun (jeering, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Jeering is shouting or laughing at someone in a rude, mocking way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#m1)
2. A jeering voice or crowd mocks someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, sport reports and kindness lessons. It tells the reader a crowd or person is mocking. Phrases: «jeering crowd», «a jeering laugh».

### Examples

- The jeering crowd made the player angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x1)
- Stop jeering at your sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x2)
- We heard jeering from the back of the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x3)
- His jeering laugh hurt her feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x4)
- The jeering stopped when the teacher came in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x5)
- Fans were warned that jeering is not allowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x6)
- He bought a dozen copper lamps, put them into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: "New lamps for old!" followed by a jeering crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeering/#x7)

### Note

Base verb: jeer. Opposite: cheering.

## On Mova

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