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cheer
/t͡ʃɪɹ/
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What does cheer mean?
noun
- A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
- That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
- A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
More meanings (10)
noun
- A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
- Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.
- Pronunciation spelling of chair.
- (obsolete) One's facial expression or countenance.
- (archaic) One's attitude, mood.
verb
- To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
- To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
- To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
- (figuratively) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
- (obsolete) To encourage to do something.
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IPA pronunciation
/t͡ʃɪɹ/
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And where’s that valiant crook-back prodigy, Dicky your boy, that with his grumbling voice Was wont to cheer his dad in mutinies?
"He is a poor thing," said Janet, "and he says we cheer him up. We try to cheer him up very quietly."
More book examples (3)
Can we not do without the society of our gossips a little while under these circumstances,—have our own thoughts to cheer us?
In the cold season farmers wont to taste The increase of their toil, and yield themselves To mutual interchange of festal cheer.
He resents our amiable efforts to cheer him up, and will have nothing to do with any of us except baby Allegra.