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jeery

adj

Etymology

From jeer + -y.

  1. borrowed from gekscheren — “to jeer”
  2. borrowed from gieren — “to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”
  3. suffixed as jeery — “jeer + y”

Definitions

  1. Jeering.

    • “I not ^([sic]) going in there,” I protested, eliciting jeery laughter from the crowd.
    • I couldn't hear what they were saying, but they were laughing and shouting in such a jeery sort of way that I wanted to hide.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA