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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