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catcalling

verb

Definition of catcalling

present participle of catcall

as in jeering

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Those jeering fans quickly had plenty to celebrate, as Austria players surrounded and jumped on their last-gasp goalscorer.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Graduates boo speakers for mentioning AI At multiple college graduation ceremonies around the country, graduates and audience members were seen booing and jeering speeches.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 21 June 2026

Definition of jeering

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Odysseus gets into trouble in the first place by insulting the gods, thus making an enemy of Poseidon.

— Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, was retaliating for a speech Sumner had given condemning slavery and personally insulting a relative of Brooks.

— Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Definition of insulting

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For example, 'Blazing Saddles' and 'All in the Family' confronted bigotry by ridiculing prejudice.

— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Speaking of which, when news broke Friday that much of the team’s equipment had been stolen, there was a nearly instantaneous social media ridiculing of the city.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026

Definition of ridiculing

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Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay’s Liberal Radical Party, posted a series of comments on X mocking the French player’s origins, upbringing, education and appearance after France won on July 4 with a penalty by Mbappé.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of mocking

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Still, even such deployments have drawn scrutiny, with some on social media criticizing the film’s AI usage and deriding the movie’s quality.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 2 July 2026
Though the bot sometimes suggested calling helplines, the lawsuit alleges that GPT-4o mostly allowed Alice space to fixate on her dark thoughts, in one instance even deriding suicide hotlines after Alice rejected the idea of calling one.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 11 June 2026

Definition of deriding

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When walking your dog, keep them from sniffing or chewing plants along trails and sidewalks.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Supervise pets outdoors, especially in unfamiliar areas, and keep dogs from sniffing or chewing plants on trails and sidewalks.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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