jeer

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• General-American: /d͡ʒɪɹ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒiə/
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• Scotland: /ˈd͡ʒiɹ/
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• /ˈd͡ʒɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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From earlier gyr, probably from Dutch gieren (“to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”) (related to German gieren (“to gape, snap”)); or from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). The OED states no verifiable connection to English cheer.

Compare gear.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: здзек (zdzjek) — mocking remark
• Bulgarian: подигравка (podigravka) — mocking remark
• Catalan: burleria — mocking remark
• Czech: posměšek — mocking remark
• Finnish: pilkka — mocking remark
• French: moquerie — mocking remark
• French: raillerie — mocking remark
• Georgian: დაცინვა (dacinva) — mocking remark
• Georgian: მასხრად აგდება (masxrad agdeba) — mocking remark
• Georgian: გამასხარავება (gamasxaraveba) — mocking remark
• German: Spott — mocking remark
• Ancient Greek: τωθασμός (tōthasmós) — mocking remark
• Ingrian: pilkka — mocking remark
• Interlingua: burla — mocking remark
• Interlingua: crito de derision — mocking remark
• Italian: scherno — mocking remark
• Italian: scorno — mocking remark
• Italian: burla — mocking remark
• Italian: beffa — mocking remark
• Portuguese: zombaria — mocking remark
• Portuguese: escárnio — mocking remark
• Russian: глумле́ние (glumlénije) — mocking remark
• Russian: насме́шка (nasméška) — mocking remark
• Scots: afftak — mocking remark
• Serbo-Croatian: poruga — mocking remark
• Spanish: burlería — mocking remark
• Swedish: glåpord — mocking remark
• Swedish: okvädingsord — mocking remark
• Tagalog: atsoy — mocking remark
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — mocking remark
• Volapük: kof — mocking remark
• Walloon: glawe — mocking remark
• Walloon: lawe — mocking remark
• German: Fall — gear; tackle
• Italian: paranco — gear; tackle
• Italian: cavo — gear; tackle
• Italian: drizza — gear; tackle
• Finnish: taljasto — nautical: assemblage for hoisting yards
• Bulgarian: подигравам се (podigravam se) — to scoff or mock
• Bulgarian: надсмивам се (nadsmivam se) — to scoff or mock
• Catalan: mofar-se — to scoff or mock
• Catalan: fer befa — to scoff or mock
• Catalan: riure's (d'algú) — to scoff or mock
• Catalan: fotre's (d'algú) — to scoff or mock
• Catalan: escarnir — to scoff or mock
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘲笑 (cháoxiào) — to scoff or mock
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘲弄 (cháonòng) — to scoff or mock
• Czech: posmívat se — to scoff or mock
• Dutch: spotten — to scoff or mock
• Esperanto: moki — to scoff or mock
• Esperanto: ŝerci — to scoff or mock
• Finnish: pilkata — to scoff or mock
• Finnish: ilkkua — to scoff or mock
• French: moquer — to scoff or mock
• French: railler — to scoff or mock
• Georgian: დაცინვა (dacinva) — to scoff or mock
• Georgian: გამასხარავება (gamasxaraveba) — to scoff or mock
• Georgian: სასაცილოდ აგდება (sasacilod agdeba) — to scoff or mock
• German: spotten — to scoff or mock
• Ancient Greek: σκώπτω (skṓptō) — to scoff or mock
• Ancient Greek: χλευάζω (khleuázō) — to scoff or mock
• Interlingua: derider — to scoff or mock
• Italian: deridere — to scoff or mock
• Italian: schernire — to scoff or mock
• Italian: motteggiare — to scoff or mock
• Italian: sbeffeggiare — to scoff or mock
• Japanese: 冷やかす (hiyakasu) — to scoff or mock
• Japanese: 野次る (yajiru) — to scoff or mock
• Japanese: 嘲る (azakeru) — to scoff or mock
• Latin: cavillor — to scoff or mock
• Latvian: ņirgāties — to scoff or mock
• Māori: pepehatū — to scoff or mock
• Māori: pehapehatū — to scoff or mock
• Māori: whakatea — to scoff or mock
• Māori: taunu — to scoff or mock
• Polish: wyśmiewać — to scoff or mock
• Polish: kpić — to scoff or mock
• Portuguese: zombar — to scoff or mock
• Portuguese: escarnecer — to scoff or mock
• Portuguese: ridicularizar — to scoff or mock
• Russian: pf — to scoff or mock
• Russian: высме́ивать (vysméivatʹ) — to scoff or mock
• Russian: вы́смеять (výsmejatʹ) — to scoff or mock
• Scottish Gaelic: mag — to scoff or mock
• Serbo-Croatian: rugati se — to scoff or mock
• Spanish: burlarse — to scoff or mock
• Spanish: abuchear — to scoff or mock
• Swedish: häckla — to scoff or mock
• Swedish: pika — to scoff or mock
• Swedish: smäda — to scoff or mock
• Vietnamese: chế giễu — to scoff or mock
• Volapük: kofön — to scoff or mock