JEER, JEERING
ADJECTIVES
► FRUMPING mocking, scoffing, jeering → 1587
► NARGIE jeering, scornful → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS
► BALK a jeer → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRUMP a mocking speech or action; a flout, a jeer → 1553 obs.
► GIBERY ► GYBERY jeering; mockery → L17 sl.
► GYBING jeering; mockery → L17 sl.
► JAMF ► JAMPH ► JAUMPH a jeer, a mock, a sneer → 1868 Sc.
► JEER a jeering; mockery, scoffing, derision → 1660 obs.
► NAP a jeering way of speaking; a gibe, a sarcastic remark or reproof → 1885 Sc.
► NICK a jeer, a jibe, a cutting retort → 1887 Sc.
► OFF-TAKE a jeering or jesting remark → 1900 Sc.
► OFF-TAKING jeering, ridicule → 1864 Sc.
► POP-OUT a jeer, a ridicule → 1920s sl.
► SNOUCH a jeer, jibe, or scoff → c1780
NOUNS – PERSON
► TAUNTRESS a woman who jeers, taunts, or scoffs → 1557
VERBS
► CAAD to jeer jokingly or mock someone about some event, their appearance or situation → 20C W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
► CAFF to jeer, to provoke, to make fun of → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHIACK to jeer, to tease → 1878 Aust. sl.
► CHIP AT to jeer at, to nag → 1999 Aust. (Bk.)
► FRUMP to mock, flout, to jeer; to taunt, to insult, to snub → 1577 obs.
► FRUMP OFF to put off with jeering answers → a1625 obs.
► GAB to jeer at; to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GACK to jeer, to mock → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► GAFF to jeer, to scoff at; to talk loudly and merrily; to jest, to banter → 1876 Eng. dial.
► GAME to jeer at, to mock, to delude → 1698 UK sl. obs.
► GEEK to mock, to jeer, to laugh at → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► GULE to flout, to sneer; to laugh, to make fun of, to jeer, to boast → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass → 1928 Amer. dial.
► JAMF ► JAMPH ► JAUMPH to jeer, to make game of; to mock at, to sneer → 1768 Sc.
► JAPE to jeer, to jest, to joke; to say or do something in jest or mockery; to make fun → c1374
► JARL to jeer, to jest → 1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LANT to jeer at; to gibe; to make a fool of → 1861 Sc.
► MAKE MOUTHS to grin; to jeer → 16C colloq.
► MOB to jeer at, to ridicule; to scold, to rate; to taunt, to abuse → 1884 Eng. dial.
► NAG to jeer, to taunt → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► RAILLY to jeer at, to mock, to scoff → 1678 obs.
► RAZZ to jeer at someone → c1890 Aust. sl.
► SCORN to jeer at, to mock; to slight in love → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCORN AT to jeer, to scoff → 1724 Sc.
► TAKE OFF to jeer at, to mock, to befool → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIT to jeer at, to twit, to upbraid → 1622 obs.