jeering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jeering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for jeering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jeering adj abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" Synonym(s): derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting n showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jeering \Jeer"ing\, a. Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. -- {Jeer"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jeer \Jeer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jeered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jeering}.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. 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. --Spenser. Syn: To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.