as in snort
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
ignored the jeers of the other team's fans and just focused on making her free throw shot
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as in to ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the unforgiving crowd jeered the magician when the final trick went awry
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Recent Examples of jeer
Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Congresswoman faces jeers while defending Trump tax policies.
—FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Walking out of Madison Square Garden after his Detroit Pistons’ Game 1 loss on Saturday night, Beasley egged on a crowd of jeering Knicks fans, raising his right arm as if to ask for more.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The early and mid-game parade of tears and jeers out of Tribal Council truly felt like old school Survivor.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Congresswoman faces jeers while defending Trump tax policies.
—FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
The rights and wrongs of when and why supporters jeer their own team’s players are discussed here and Liverpool fans are certainly not alone in having done this.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Walking out of Madison Square Garden after his Detroit Pistons’ Game 1 loss on Saturday night, Beasley egged on a crowd of jeering Knicks fans, raising his right arm as if to ask for more.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeer
Noun
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The swine respond with raspy snorts and spine-rattling squeals.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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They’re comforted by the hoots of owls and snorts of pig frogs.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
Verb
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From the earliest days of Greek drama Herakles is ridiculed for his brutish way of eating his food, his preference for a good meal versus a good woman and, in Aristophanes’s The Bird, even his reluctance to leave a barbecue in order to help save his own father.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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That audio clip has been shared some 60,000 times on TikTok, often by Venezuelans ridiculing the notion that everybody from their country is a gangster.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Up front, its face is a far more rectilinear sneer.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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Yungblud’s voice — a piercing yelp that exists somewhere between Gerard Way’s wail and Brian Molko’s sneer — slotted him in the alt-rock world, but his aspirations seemed to stretch far beyond that categorization.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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He was previously mocked on social media during a loss to Austin Peay in November, when the Fox College Hoops broadcast showed Clark sitting in the stands.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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But their identities — and the speculative affair — became fodder for millions online, from memes mocking the encounter to serious debate over HR violations.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
Noun
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There was an expression on his face, something between a smile and a smirk.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Liam McNeeley’s eyes widened, preceding a devilish smirk.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 July 2025
Noun
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As the boos rained down, the Panthers began the 2023 season with a 1-10 record.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 July 2025
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The hearty boos during the fifth inning from the crowd of 38,117 at Wrigley Field marked an amplification of Cubs fans’ frustrations.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 July 2025
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Jeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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