MEANING
1. To shout rude or mocking remarks at someone.
2. A rude remark or shout intended to make someone feel foolish.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- jeer at a speaker
- jeering crowd
On the page
A few spectators jeered when the injured runner asked for a restart.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- jeer
- Past tense
- jeered
- Past participle
- jeered
- Present participle
- jeering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- jeer
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jeering
- Present perfect
- have/has jeered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jeering
- Past
- jeered
- Past continuous
- was/were jeering
- Past perfect
- had jeered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jeering
- Future
- will jeer
- Future continuous
- will be jeering
- Future perfect
- will have jeered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jeering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: jeer; jeers; jeered; jeered; jeering. Noun singular jeer; plural jeers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: dialogue, character. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: jeers.
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