To make a mock of some person or thing; scoff: as, to jeer at one in sport.Synonyms Gibe, Scoff, etc. See sneer.To treat with scoffs or derision; make a mock of; deride; flout.n. A scoff; a taunt; a flout; a gibe; a mock.n. A huff; a pet.n. Nautical, tackle for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a man-of-war: usually in the plural.