jeer

jeer is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, verb, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A gear; a tackle. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A gear; a tackle.
2. noun. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
3. verb. To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
4. transitive verb. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
5. noun. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
6. noun. showing your contempt by derision

   Synonyms: jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing

7. verb. laugh at with contempt and derision

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

   Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, scoff

Synonyms

jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing, barrack, flout, gibe

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in jeer:

jere

Common word forms

jeers, jeered, jeerer, jeering

Words from these letters

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