jeer

«jeer» in Mova's school dictionary: to shout or laugh at someone in a rude, mocking way to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To jeer is to shout or laugh at someone in a rude, mocking way to show you do not like them. tree →

2) A jeer is a rude, mocking shout or remark. tree →

sense 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 →
• It is unkind to jeer at someone who falls over. tree →
• The boos and jeers stopped when the band started. tree →
• The bullies jeered as he walked past. tree →
• The player ignored the jeers and scored. tree →
• Nobody should jeer at someone's clothes. tree →
• I tried speaking him fair, but he jeered at me. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jeer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.