Noah Webster
Jeer
JEER, verb intransitive To utter severe, sarcastic reflections; to scoff; to deride; to flout; to make a mock of; as, to jeer at one in sport.
JEER, verb transitive To treat with scoffs or derision.
JEER, noun Railing language; scoff; taunt; biting jest; flout; jibe; mockery; derision; ridicule with scorn.
Midas exposed to all their jeers,
Had lost his art, and kept his ears.