jeer

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

jeer [jeer jeers jeered jeering] verb, noun BrE [dʒɪə(r)] NAmE [dʒɪr]
verb intransitive, transitive
to laugh at sb or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them
Syn: ↑taunt
•a jeering crowd
•~ at sb The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd.
•~ sb The players were jeered by disappointed fans.
•+ speech ‘Coward!’ he jeered.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•The audience jeered loudly when he came on stage.
•The crowd jeered at the police.
•Disappointed fans jeered at the players.
•The police were jeered by the waiting crowd.

 
noun usually plural
a rude remark that sb shouts at sb else to show that they do not respect or like them
Syn: ↑taunt
•He walked on to the stage to be greeted with jeers and whistles.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•a jeer at the umpire

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing, flout, barrack, gibe