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Meaning of "jeering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JEERING

jeering  [ˈdʒɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JEERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jeering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JEERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jeering in the English dictionary

The definition of jeering in the dictionary is mockery and insults.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JEERING


admiring
ədˈmaɪərɪŋ
aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
bioengineering
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
cheering
ˈtʃɪərɪŋ
clearing
ˈklɪərɪŋ
endearing
ɪnˈdɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
gearing
ˈɡɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
interfering
ˌɪntəˈfɪərɪŋ
layering
ˈleɪərɪŋ
mountaineering
ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪərɪŋ
pioneering
ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ
retiring
rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ
shearing
ˈʃɪərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
tiring
ˈtaɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JEERING

jedi
jeel
jeelie
jeely
Jeep
jeepers
jeepers creepers
jeepney
Jeeps
jeer
jeerer
jeeringly
Jeevesian
Jeez
jefe
jeff

WORDS THAT END LIKE JEERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
considering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
ordering
recovering
rendering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of jeering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JEERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jeering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of jeering
abuse · aspersion · banter · barrack · boo · catcall · contemn · deride · derision · flout · gibe · heckle · hector · hiss · hoot · knock · mock · mockery · obloquy · ridicule · scoff · sneer · taunt

Translation of «jeering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JEERING

Find out the translation of jeering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jeering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jeering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

嘲笑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abucheos
570 millions of speakers

English

jeering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jeering
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السباب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глумление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jeering
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্রুপকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

goguenard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jeering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

höhnischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

からかい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nhạo báng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊளையிட்டது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिंतन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alaylı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jeering
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szyderczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

batjocoritor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προπηλακισμούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitjouery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jeering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jeering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jeering

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JEERING»

The term «jeering» is normally little used and occupies the 121.725 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JEERING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jeering» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jeering» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jeering

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEERING»

Discover the use of jeering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jeering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tragedy and Athenian Religion
priate nature, such as burlesque and masked dances, jeering, mockery, and ritual obscenity. So it is likely to have also attracted performances of animal choruses like those reflected on sixth-century images.135 On this hypothesis, from this ...
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, 2003
2
Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
Ben Jonson. The Staple vf Neva, act iv. sc. 1. Call you this jeering t I can play at this, Tis like a ball at Tennis. Id. Ib. All this will not content some morose cavillers, whom I have heard jeeringly say " that many who were burnt in Fox in the reign of  ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
3
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
I can play at this, Call you. this jeering ? Tis like a ball at Teni Id. Ib. All this will not content some morose cavillers, whom I have jeeringly say " that many who were burnt in Fox in the reign of Queen Mary drank sack in the days of Queen ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
4
The Good Child's River
Even in their laughter there was no warmth, no kindness, and no solid belly mirth: Even their laughter was harsh, final, and jeering—its forced tones, its harsh unnaturalness, its deliberate brutality, together with the lewd and stupid boastings, ...
Thomas Wolfe, Suzanne Stutman, 1994
5
Novelas - Poems (Book Guide): A Blue Grained Line, a Brand ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source Wikia, 2012
6
Good-humour: or, My uncle, the general
ponents with a burst of jeering. Sel- wyn perceived that their horses had been ridden hard ; and he knew that much would depend upon the first shock. He gave the word with a voice and look which were all life, and coming himself in contact ...
A Third cousin, 1820
7
The Women's Room
A gang of kids saw him and followed him, and when he came out, they surrounded him. Taunting and jeering, they forced him to walk some distance from his house to an empty lot behind a deserted gas station. They smeared the ice cream on ...
Marilyn French, 2011
8
Escape from Paradise: How to Win Against All Odds
With their heads sticking out of the windows, they pointed in derision at the sight of us drenched in mud and dirty water. The laughter and jeering words seemed to hang in the hot, steamy, southern, air. It seemed to reverberate, as we stood ...
Ed. D. Hathorn, Pauline Pearson Hathorn, 2009
9
Discovering the World: Thirteen Stories
Some jeering. Then the shuffling of feet. As the crowd turned away, Sidney noticed her voice once again. But the laughter and the jeering had become thunderous by this point, and whatever she might have said to him was swept away by the ...
Thomas Jeffrey Vasseur, 2001
10
The Poet Prince: A Novel
In one flash the crowd was weeping, in another jeering. Two different fires. Two different cities. One, then another, then back again. In the first city, she saw the faces in the crowd. They were shocked, terrified, saddened. She did not see the ...
Kathleen McGowan, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jeering is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Away days: Australia v Kazakhstan in Darwin | Sport | The Guardian
A high ball lands amid the Kazakhs but the catch is missed, prompting some good-natured jeering from their opposing cheersquad. The crowds ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Scout's Adult Conscience | Valley News
It was far removed from the jeering aggressive free-for-all competition of New York City, where I grew up. The city did not lack its own brand of ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
3
X Factor: Nick Grimshaw shares selfie of the judges during audition …
The crowd picked up on his mistake as well and the newly-anointed X Factor judge had 5,000 people booing and jeering him. Simon found ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Back to the Blackboard - WSJ
In ink, gouache and digital collage illustrations we see this terrible scene as Rose imagines it, with a vengeful teacher, jeering pupils and her ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
PCCRVC backs pavilion banquet center 7-1; opposition fills Porter …
... act in regards to the conversion of use from outdoor recreation and the environmental assessments, which prompted some jeering laughs from the crowd. «Chesterton Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Fireman claims sex assault after colleagues' frozen sausage 'pran …
He said: "There was an atmosphere of excitement, people were jeering and shouting. It was quite apparent they're having a great time stitching ... «Sunday World, Jul 15»
7
Davis Cup quarterfinals Friday - ESPN.com
... for the Frenchman as he bizarrely air-shot a first serve to concede a fault and then took exception to a British fan jeering his second serve. «ESPN, Jul 15»
8
Vitriol pays off as Samsung wins key merger vote against Singer …
... jeering Samsung C&T chief executive Choi Chi-hun. One who stormed the podium was ushered away by security guards, the WSJ said. «Fortune, Jul 15»
9
Cricket is approaching a fork in the road: Relapse or rehab?
Srinivasan was met with ridicule and widespread jeering when he made the trip Down Under to present the winners trophy at the World Cup ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
10
One hat picture, none of Caitlyn | San Diego Reader
“Then the jeering and boos started.” #Thinking he was finished with his career at the track, the next race, Kepics said, he played the piece ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»

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