verb (used without object)
- to grin or laugh coarsely or mockingly.
verb (used with object)
- to mock or deride.
noun
- a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
noun
- a person who flees.
verb
- to grin or laugh at; scoff; sneer
noun
- a derisory glance or grin
c.1400, perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Norwegian flira, dialectal Danish flire “to grin, titter”). Related: Fleered; fleering.