Verb
He tried to ignore the jeering crowd.
The crowd jeered him when he struck out.
The prisoner was jeered by an angry mob. Noun
ignored the jeers of the other team's fans and just focused on making her free throw shot
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Verb
People were heard cheering or jeering during the event, and the KCRCC said Borrenpohl interjected seven times.—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 8 Mar. 2025 There is, however, this difference: in those old days the multitude that stood by was permitted only to guy or jeer.—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
The atmosphere was loud but not quite unruly, barring some jeers at the start of the Canadian national anthem.—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025 The jeers and taunts from the Brighton fans were perhaps even louder than in 2022 given their side had also knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup on the same pitch just six days earlier.—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jeer
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