(n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.
(v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.
(v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
(n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Example Sentences:
(1) But, truth be told, Putin is also at a loss when he gets jeered.
(2) The jeers were meaningful and the cheers, well, they just were a sign of entertainment.
(3) "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," he told a jeering audience at Columbia University in New York during his UN visit.
(4) It was reported that the Greek tourist board had asked TV networks to keep the crowd volume low amid fears Greek fans in the stadium would drown out the German national anthem with jeers.
(5) One investor who spoke up in defence of bonuses – the former City fund manager and Conservative party donor Patrick Evershed – was jeered by one of those present, who shouted "call him a taxi".
(6) "I found that most of the MPs just sat jeering at everybody and not actually listening to what people were saying – just what my image of parliament is in my head," said one participant.
(7) Behind the chancellor, Tories kept up a wall of noise, laughing and jeering at the misery guts on the benches opposite.
(8) Goodes, who has been in the headlines all week after being the target of much jeering from Hawthorn fans during a rematch of the 2014 grand final, was again targeted vocally and loudly at the SCG.
(9) Dundee’s Harkins then slashed wide in the fourth of four added minutes before the final whistle brought jeers raining down on the home side.
(10) And take their boos and jeers as confirmation that it’s on to something.
(11) in the manner of John Major as the Tories jeered some more.
(12) Winmar, who played 251 AFL games, made a stand against racism in 1993 when he lifted his jumper and pointed to his skin after being jeered by Collingwood fans at Victoria Park.
(13) It was all very well for erstwhile broadsheet newspaper readers to jeer "Who cares?"
(14) In a move that sparked laughter and jeers in the Commons, the shadow chancellor pulled out a copy of the Quotations from Chairman Mao to make a point about George Osborne’s attempts to sell off state assets to the Chinese.
(15) The police said they had no evidence of the incident, captured on camera by a jeering mob, but opened investigations to find out if the men were "sodomites".
(16) Burkhardt encountered sharp criticism from Quebec politicians and jeers from Lac-Mégantic residents while making his first visit to the town.
(17) (There is jeering, because the Lib Dems say this is there policy.)
(18) Police officer Thet Lwin, speaking at the scene, said the fire was triggered by an electrical short "and not due to any criminal activity" but was jeered by the crowd for saying so.
(19) Remember the Trump supporter who disagreed with everything Trump said but explained: “He’s just my kind of guy.” Like it or jeer, these are the people who now win elections.
(20) Sterling’s omission from the starting XI had created the pre-match buzz and the substitute was jeered by plenty of travelling supporters by the tunnel in the corner as he returned to the dressing room after the warm-up.
Neer
Definition:
(adv. & a.) Nearer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Satisfactory results (according to Neer) were found in 94.3%.
(2) Although almost 100 cases of osteolysis of the distal clavicle have been reported in the literature, none have occurred in females (Neer and Rockwood, 1984).
(3) The best results regarding function and pain reduction have been obtained by the Neer prosthesis, but the lack of cranial support ("fornix humeri") and the ovalization of the head seem to be responsible for some cases of upward migration of the head of the prosthesis.
(4) Ten Designed After Natural Anatomy (DANA) and five Neer prostheses were implanted.
(5) In 51 patients (27-67 years) with subacromial impingement syndrome, an acromioplasty according to Neer was performed.
(6) As a therapeutic procedure, it constitutes a more sensitive test than Neer's test.
(7) There were a few complications, but on the whole we feel that the Neer total shoulder arthroplasty is a valuable procedure for a patient with polyarthritis.
(8) The cross-linked G protein is functional, and its alpha subunit can change conformation upon binding GTP gamma S. GTP gamma S stabilizes alpha o to digestion by trypsin (Winslow, J.W., Van Amsterdam, J.R., and Neer, E.J.
(9) Neer's classification of humeral fractures was proved on 657 patients.
(10) Twenty-nine Neer-type total shoulder arthroplasties were performed in 26 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
(11) Surgical treatment consisting of implantation of two Neer total replacements was successful: the functional result was good, and within 12 weeks the patient was free of pain and able to resume work.
(12) A carbon fiber tow application combined with Neer's anterior acromioplasty seems useful in the reconstruction of large tears of the rotator cuff.
(13) A Neer prosthesis and allogeneic bone grafts were used to reconstruct the shoulder joint.
(14) Fixation objectives are evaluated in light of Neer's four segment classification.
(15) Analysis of twelve studies performed by Neer et al.
(16) Since 1981 the simpler approach of Neer without resection of acromion has been used (for synovectomy as well as for prosthetic replacement) with an easier postoperative management and equally good results.
(17) Four patients required replacement of five humeral heads with Neer's prostheses.
(18) The Neer anterior acromioplasty served as comparison in the evaluation to arthroscopic technique.
(19) The two methods commonly applied are the resection of the coracoacromial ligament and Neer's anterior acromioplasty.
(20) The results were assessed using the point system of Neer.