cheer
Other forms: cheers; cheered; cheering
A cheer is what you shout at a sporting event when you cheer your team on, showing your enthusiasm and support. Often there's a lot of cheer or good spirits at these games, unless of course your favorite team loses.
The word cheer comes from the Old French chiere, meaning "face." When you cheer someone on, you show approval, whether on your face through a smile, or by shouting encouragement. Cheer is also a quality of being sunny or happy. You can cheer someone up by being silly or entertaining. Or, you could raise a glass to them and toast, "Cheers!"
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a cry or shout of approval
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show approval or good wishes by shouting“everybody cheered the birthday boy”types:type of:applaudexpress approval of
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cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful“She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee”synonyms: cheer up, jolly along, jolly up
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spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
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give encouragement to
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become cheerful
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the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloomsynonyms: cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshinetypes:good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness, good-temperednessa cheerful willingness to be obligingtype of:attributean abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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Vocabulary lists containing cheer
Rejoice! When it comes to expressing how people talk when they're happy, there are lots of cheerful choices to use instead of "said". So learn these words from the lexicon of laughter and good vibes, and you’ll be glad you did!
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Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).