[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the verb JEER; the utterance of derisive mockery; scoffing.
1561. Bp. Cox, Lett. to Parker, in Strype, Parker, II. viii. (1711), 109. What rejoicing and ieering the Adversaries make.
1625. B. Jonson, Staple of N., IV. i. Call you this ieering! I can play at this.
1724. Ramsay, Throw the Wood, ii. Their jeering ga’es aft to my heart wi’a knell.
1867. Smiles, Huguenots Eng., ii. (1880), 27. These jeerings of the townsfolk reached his ears as he passed along the streets.
