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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Members of a crowd filled with members of the military and their families booed and jeered President Trump’s political rivals and the press Tuesday at the president’s prompting during his address at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 10 June 2025 The rights and wrongs of when and why supporters jeer their own team’s players are discussed here and Liverpool fans are certainly not alone in having done this.—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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And while both teams seem to be better off for the move, with each leading their respective divisions, Yankee fans are likely going to welcome Soto's return with boos and jeers.—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 Seemingly every time Messi touched the ball, the crowd reacted in unison, more so with cheers than jeers.—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for jeer
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