as in snorts
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 ridicules
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 jeers
Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
But when the nation’s total score of 343 was announced, there were loud boos and jeers from the crowd in Austria.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The board’s failure to embrace adding the language was met with disapproval and jeers from the union members in attendance.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Many of the attendees disrupted Percival’s speech, heckling him with jeers and boos.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
Many of the attendees disrupted Percival’s speech, heckling him with jeers and boos.
—Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
The Madison Square Garden crowd let Embiid hear it with booming, profane jeers throughout that 2024 slugfest, which the Knicks won in six games.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
His comments prompted jeers and incredulous laughs.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
When the Wagners have stepped to the free-throw line, the main video board inside Rocket Arena has shown the University of Michigan logo in an attempt to prompt jeers.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
The jeers were not heard at home thanks to the sound-selecting tech that replaces the boos with artificial cheers.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
But when the nation’s total score of 343 was announced, there were loud boos and jeers from the crowd in Austria.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The board’s failure to embrace adding the language was met with disapproval and jeers from the union members in attendance.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
Many of the attendees disrupted Percival’s speech, heckling him with jeers and boos.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
Many of the attendees disrupted Percival’s speech, heckling him with jeers and boos.
—Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
The Madison Square Garden crowd let Embiid hear it with booming, profane jeers throughout that 2024 slugfest, which the Knicks won in six games.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
His comments prompted jeers and incredulous laughs.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
When the Wagners have stepped to the free-throw line, the main video board inside Rocket Arena has shown the University of Michigan logo in an attempt to prompt jeers.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeers
Noun
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The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.—
Jeanette Tran,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
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Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And after running expansion mocks before the April 3 proceedings, the Tempo anticipated veteran wing Bridget Carleton — native of Chatham, Ontario – would be available for the second pick.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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But her desperation seems exposed at Cupertino, too, where Little Tim mocks her for her dim suggestion that psychotherapists be deployed to the company’s Guangzhou factory to cool down a labor crisis.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the final seconds of the first period, a restless Honda Center crowd that had been muted let out some audible boos.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The sound of boos reverberating around the Racecourse Ground so early on — this for a club who were very recently languishing in mediocrity three divisions lower — further exemplifies why Wrexham have become the new love-to-hate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Newsom taunts Trump with multiple jabs as Florida redistricting fight ramps up.—
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FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Owen is a serial killer who, much like Zodiac, taunts the police with phone calls threatening the murder of innocent citizens.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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When the Huskies took the court here, they were booed roundly and Hurley’s postgame interview with CBS was nearly drowned by the catcalls.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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