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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jeer /ˈʤɪr/
 嘲笑,譏諷,戲弄(vt.)(vi.)嘲弄,揶揄,戲弄

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jeer n.  Naut. (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
 Jeer capstan Naut., an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jeer, v. i.  [imp. & p. p. Jeered p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering.]  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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jeer v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
    And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.   --B. Jonson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jeer, n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
 Midas, exposed to all their jeers,
 Had lost his art, and kept his ears.   --Swift.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jeer
      n : showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeering, mockery,
           scoff, scoffing]
      v : laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at
          the speaker" [syn: scoff, flout, barrack, gibe]