n. 25B6; verb the demonstrators jeered the police : TAUNT, mock, scoff at, ridicule, sneer at, deride, insult, abuse, jibe (at), scorn, shout disapproval (at); heckle, catcall (at), boo (at), hoot at, whistle at, hiss (at); archaic flout at.
cheer.
25B6; noun the jeers of the crowd : TAUNT, sneer, insult, shout, jibe, boo, hiss, catcall; derision, teasing, scoffing, abuse, scorn, heckling, catcalling; Brit. & Austral./NZ barracking.
applause.