Perhaps a corruption of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Jeer]] gekscheren to jeer, literally, to shear the fool; gek a fool (see geck) + scheren to shear. See shear, verb.
Perhaps a corruption of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Jeer]] gekscheren to jeer, literally, to shear the fool; gek a fool (see geck) + scheren to shear. See shear, verb.