"jeer" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: jeer [canonical], jeers [third-person, singular], jeered [past], jeered [past, participle], jeering [present, participle]
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  1. When you jeer at someone, you laugh rudely and unkindly with a mock or scoff at the person, humiliating the person.
    Sense id: simple-jeer-en-verb-16yLKkWD
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