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adj.mocking

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Aaron, who was sometimes called Henry but was generally known to baseball fans as Hank or “Hammerin’ Hank,” for his long-ball power, grew up in Alabama and never forgot the jeers he received while playing in the South during the days of segregation.

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Augustus looked up at Mr Bellamy to find if he were jeering him; but he saw no reason to believe it.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

A great wave of jeering laughter swept down the benches as the black monster passed.

GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS

Valeria, with her wonted capriciousness, veered round in defence of the institution that she had been just jeering at.

THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRD

As he swept past the boy the cowboy had uttered a jeering yell.

THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHIN

Viewed in this light, this passage is a mere jeering at our incapacity.

THE HIDDEN POWERTHOMAS TROWARD

What is better fitted than such a tribute to check the jeering scepticism of the crowd as to the ability and purity of the sex?