2. Noun. (plural of cheer) ¹
3. Interjection. A common toast used when drinking in company. ¹
4. Interjection. (British informal) goodbye ¹
5. Interjection. (British NZ informal) thank you ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheers
1. cheer [v] - See also: cheer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheers
Literary usage of Cheers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Three cheers thrice repeated were given for him, and he was obliged to go to the
rear of the ... rescue of the Constitution and the country, l Load cheers. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"Never (cheers, followed by a few groans, in reference to which the speaker
remarked, " I have spoken on the prairies where buffaloes bellowed before. ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1867)
"(cheers.) I believe that those who have introduced them ought to have waited ...
(cheers.) And why do I say this1 I look round upon our statistics; ..."
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