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Jeerer

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jeer  (jîr)
v. jeered, jeer·ing, jeers
v.intr.
To speak or shout derisively; mock.
v.tr.
To abuse vocally; taunt: jeered the speaker off the stage.
n.
A scoffing or taunting remark or shout.
[Origin unknown.]
jeerer n.
jeering·ly adv.
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Noun1.Jeerer - someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derisionjeerer - someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
flouter, mocker, scoffer
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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Let's hope the hooters and the jeerers hear the message long enough to lift their knuckles off the floor because it's going to take more than a bit of booing to shift a bloke like Lampard.
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Turning his back to the audience, he singled out the jeerer with a stern reprimand.
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