v. t. & i. See Gee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. jhīl. ] A morass; a shallow lake. [ Written also jhil. ] [ India ] Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Midas, exposed to all their jeers,
Had lost his art, and kept his ears. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gear. ] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at. [ 1913 Webster ]

And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Jeered p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering. ] [ Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear, v. ] To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. Spenser.

Syn. -- To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scoffer; a railer; a mocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mocking; scoffing. -- n. A mocking utterance. -- Jeer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b). [ 1913 Webster ]