Meaning of cheer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
   uncountable
2. Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.
   Canada, US, uncountable
3. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
   uncountable
4. A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
   countable
5. A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
   countable
6. One's facial expression or countenance.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
7. One's attitude, mood.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I have⟳ not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer⟳ of mind⟳, that I was wont to have⟳.”

“a table loaded with good cheer⟳”

“"And am I to meet⟳ my Mary at Moffat? Come⟳ away, little, dear, welcome⟳ body, thou blessed of heaven, come⟳ away, and taste⟳ of an auld shepherd's best cheer⟳, and I'll gang foot for foot with you to Moffat, and my auld wife shall gang foot for foot with us too. I tell⟳ you, little, blessed, and welcome⟳ crile, come⟳ along with me."”

““[…]the awfully hearty sort⟳ of Christmas cards that people do send⟳ to other people that they don't know⟳ at all well. You know⟳. The kind that have⟳ mottoes like⟳ Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer⟳, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.[…].””

“Three cheers for the birthday boy!”

“A cheer⟳ rose from the crowd.”

“Welcome⟳ her, thunders of fort and of fleet! / Welcome⟳ her, thundering cheer⟳ of the street!”

“And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery knyȝt took the way that hym lyked best”

And so they all agreed that they should depart from each other in the morning / And in the morning they departed with weeping faces / and every knight took the way that pleased him best

“Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere [translating visage], and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.”

“‘thorough evill rest⟳ of this last⟳ night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change⟳ of cheare is easie for to see⟳.’”

“And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere, it is I, be not afrayed.”

“The parents […] fled away with heavy cheer⟳.”

“Alex participated in cheer⟳ all four years of college.”

“I'm going to wear⟳ my new cheer⟳ shoes at cheer⟳ today.”

“...[P]erspective [sic] gym cheer⟳ programs must address how to support⟳ a cheer⟳ program⟳ while maintaining appropriate and safe skill progressions.”

“2000, Linda Villarosa. Cheerleading Changes, and Injuries Increase⟳ in The New York Times. Last⟳ year, more than 75,000 high school participants took part in cheerleading competitions, and the National Federation of State High School Associations says that "competitive cheer⟳" is the fastest growing sport for girls.”

“2018, Chad Thompson. Iowa Central cheer⟳ team is tops at national competition in The Messenger. The Iowa Central Community College cheer⟳ team has achieved something no other college in Iowa has before.”

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