jeer

Object

• crowd: The English crowd jeered at Luis Felipe Scolari in the Portuguese dugout: 'You'll never manage England, ' they yelled.
• audience: In one public lecture, a jeering audience challenged him to levitate an elephant.
• laughter: Suddenly they heard a shout of jeering laughter, and stopped short.
• people: People just openly jeered and I felt like I was a weight around my band's neck for doing this kind of work.

Converse of object

• hear: He would prefer to die than hear the jeers of people rejoicing at his downfall.
• face: Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.
• bring: First publication of this scheme brought the usual jeers.
• ignore: Returning Hammer Frank Lampard ignores the jeers to give the champions a first-half lead after Michael Essien is stretchered off.

Preposition: at

• whistle: Late Spurs pressure didn't produce a winner, neither did it stop the jeers at the final whistle.

Converse of subject

• greet: At the recent Likud conference, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was greeted by jeers and shouts from hundreds of his former ideological fellow-travelers.
• accompany: McSorley's instant ejection was accompanied by jeers, the throwing of plastic bottles and a police charge.

Modifying Another Word

• n't: He didn't celebrate, and although at that stage it could have meant dropped points for Chelsea, he was n't jeered.
• not: But, of course, a salesman must not jeer at the customer.
• roundly: In the not too distant past Reds have been roundly jeered by England supporters simply for being United - particularly at the old Wembley.
• much: The act was accompanied by so much mirth that neighbors were awakened and saw the men and the horns which led to much jeering.
• even: Perhaps, I imagine - and it's only my imagination - the Lord was even jeered as He said these words!
• only: Granted people were only jeering, but you were safe on the stage and were arrogant enough to joke from up there.

Used with why or when

• when: Seven minutes later ex-Cardiff City striker Nathan Blake earned a brief respite from the heckling and jeering when he pulled Wolves level.

Preposition: of

• crowd: Shutting out the cheers and jeers of the crowd, he stands up, and walks just the right amount of paces backward.

Preposition: from

• crowd: Cantona hadn't waited for the inevitable red card, but had strutted from the pitch to ear-splitting jeers from the crowd.