A mocking remark or reflection.
jeers
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jeers.
Editorial note
Android used to get a lot of jeers because Android devs had to deal with these issues from day one.
Quick take
A mocking remark or reflection.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jeers gathered in one view.
(nautical) A gear; a tackle.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jeers.
noun
A mocking remark or reflection.
noun
(nautical) A gear; a tackle.
Example sentences
Android used to get a lot of jeers because Android devs had to deal with these issues from day one.
IMO, at this point Go criticisms are just jeers from the cheap seats.
His first performances as a teenage rock'n'roller were met with laughter and jeers.
Cheers for the MVP, but jeers for the copying of Olark's branding.
If what he says makes sense he'll mostly get applause plus a few boos and jeers, it it doesn't he'll get pelted with rotten tomatoes.
Got some jeers from those who thought I was actually playing Farmville so much, but had a few requests for said script...
I'm sure this will attract some jeers, but I'm not saying this is explicable and robust science--but it got me the desired effect.
> Android used to get a lot of jeers because Android Dwvs had to deal with these issues from day one.
> one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase...
I've been tweeting jeers to @DoSomething (the group that garnered the petition) and kudos to Perry Chen and Kickstarter for not having ceded to censorship.
I wore a 3M N95 mask into a Trader Joe's in the SF Bay Area mid-December 2019 and received gawks and offhand verbal insults (jeers).
Back a decade ago, you’d get into long battles about whether it was a good or bad idea to choose any Lisp, or at least some jeers from the sidelines.
Quote examples
“I spit on the scum from my balcony,” one of them says to the jeers of his friends.
Effectively, a country engaging in such tax procedures would be throwing out rich people, and while I can hear the jeers of "good riddance", I'm afraid that it's not really a good thing for tax revenues.
Jeers to the blogopress for piling on iPhone 4s for making the same right call a year earlier, and to Apple for putting out iPhone 5 that is less "world compatible" than the 4s in order to offer the LTE buzztech.
The question is how do you implement “Chinese style censorship and social credit score” without overtly doing it, you do it the same way that all infringements on freedoms and rights have always been implemented all across the West for 100+ years, you invert, reframe it, and implement amidst cheers, and jeers towards anyone who is not also being virtuous through conformance.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jeers in a sentence?
Android used to get a lot of jeers because Android devs had to deal with these issues from day one.
What does jeers mean?
A mocking remark or reflection.
What part of speech is jeers?
jeers is commonly used as noun.