jeer
to make rude remarks
TRANSLATION
jeer = spotten, höhnen --- GOOGLE INDEX jeer: approximately 600,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was JEERED by opposition MPs as he delivered his state of the nation address in parliament.
(BBC News)
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The unveiling of Apple Music this month drew some JEERS, with many critics seeing it as an unimaginative collection of features available elsewhere.
(New York Times)
(BBC News)
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The unveiling of Apple Music this month drew some JEERS, with many critics seeing it as an unimaginative collection of features available elsewhere.
(New York Times)
Did you
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jeer
verb
- make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
noun
- a rude and mocking remark
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The word jeer is of uncertain origin, but may be from the Dutch "gieren" (to cry or roar). The Oxford dictionary suggests that it is an ironical use of cheer, which sounds like a credible theory, but there is no evidence to support it.
Jeering performers has a very long history. The first written record comes from ancient Greece. At the annual Festival of Dionysia in Athens, playwrights competed to determine whose tragedy was the best. When the democratic reformer Cleisthenes came to power in the 6th century B.C., audience participation came to be regarded as a civic duty.
The audience applauded to show its approval and shouted and whistled to show displeasure. In ancient Rome, jeering was common at the gladiatorial games, where audience participation often determined whether a competitor lived or died.
Vaudeville, a type of variety entertainment popular in the U.S. the late 19th century and early 20th century, also had its share of jeering, and for good reason. Some of the acts were truly awful, which led to lots of heckling. Sometimes the entertainers were even dragged from the stage.
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SYNONYMS
deride, gibe, heckle, jest, laugh at, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Football fans even jeer their own club's players sometimes."
verb
- make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
noun
- a rude and mocking remark
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The word jeer is of uncertain origin, but may be from the Dutch "gieren" (to cry or roar). The Oxford dictionary suggests that it is an ironical use of cheer, which sounds like a credible theory, but there is no evidence to support it.
Jeering performers has a very long history. The first written record comes from ancient Greece. At the annual Festival of Dionysia in Athens, playwrights competed to determine whose tragedy was the best. When the democratic reformer Cleisthenes came to power in the 6th century B.C., audience participation came to be regarded as a civic duty.
The audience applauded to show its approval and shouted and whistled to show displeasure. In ancient Rome, jeering was common at the gladiatorial games, where audience participation often determined whether a competitor lived or died.
Vaudeville, a type of variety entertainment popular in the U.S. the late 19th century and early 20th century, also had its share of jeering, and for good reason. Some of the acts were truly awful, which led to lots of heckling. Sometimes the entertainers were even dragged from the stage.
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SYNONYMS
deride, gibe, heckle, jest, laugh at, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Football fans even jeer their own club's players sometimes."
