jeer

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to mock or taunt loudly and derisively

   The crowd began to jeer at the defeated boxer.

Of uncertain origin, recorded from the mid-16th century; perhaps a variant of 'cheer' used ironically, or from Dutch 'gieren' ('to cry out, scream').

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