noun.
A scoff; a taunt; a flout; a gibe; a mock.
noun.
A huff; a pet.
To make a mock of some person or thing; scoff: as, to jeer at one in sport.
Synonyms Gibe, Scoff, etc. See sneer.
To treat with scoffs or derision; make a mock of; deride; flout.
noun.
Nautical, tackle for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a man-of-war: usually in the plural.