Words / C1

JEER/dʒɪə/

To jeer is to laugh or shout at someone in a rude, mocking way (also noun: a jeer): jeer the speaker, a chorus of jeers. Mock is the close twin; dropping a night cohort as “noise” is still a methods exclusion.

Meaning

To laugh or shout at someone in a rude, mocking way (also noun: a jeer).

Examples

• “Do not jeer the night cohort out of the n; name the exclusion if you drop them.”
• “Mock is the close twin. Taunt is a cousin. Noise is a slogan. A named slice is a frame. Keep the slice, or name the drop; do not baptise the cut as elegance.”

Good to know

Mock with rude shouts. Close: mock. “Noise” ≠ a dropped cohort.

Near in meaning

mock, taunt, scoff

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