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Word: jeered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second-half clock passes the 45-minute mark, and the crowd begins to whistle or jeer for the referee to blow his whistle three times and end the game...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Men's Soccer Loses Heartbreaker | 9/29/1994 | See Source »

Finding workers to replace strikers is already a difficult task. Strikers often jeer at new workers, call them scabs, threaten them with physical abuse, and sometimes even engage in bullying tactics such as physcially and verbally attacking replacements...

Author: By George Wang, | Title: Labor Bills: Paved With Good Intentions | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

...approached the density of a black hole, we turned on the videos in the dance room, which was soon full of writhing bodies pointing up at the TV screens and saying, "Look! It's Paula Abdul!" Suddenly, there was a break in the music, and frustrated dancers began to jeer, stamp their feet, and spit at anyone who even remotely looked like a host...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, | Title: Endpaper | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...year's funniest prank. The hecklers jeer at love scenes, hoot at tacky special effects and pounce on every dumb line. Creator Joel Hodgson and his colleagues throw in savvy technical references ("I think we just flew through a dissolve," someone cracks during an airplane flight) along with a torrent of smart-mouthed ad libs. "How do we stand on fuel?" asks an onscreen astronaut. "I'm for it," comes the offscreen retort. In the tense few seconds before lift-off, a voice pipes up, "Did I leave the water running?" A scientist leans into a pair of earphones, trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: My In-Law, The Housefly | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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