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Definition of Cheer

1. Noun. A cry or shout of approval.

2. Verb. Give encouragement to. "The performance is likely to cheer Sue"

3. Noun. The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom. ; "Flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

4. Verb. Show approval or good wishes by shouting. "Everybody cheered the birthday boy"

5. Verb. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful. "The good news will cheer her"; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"

6. Verb. Become cheerful.

7. Verb. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. "They cheer him to write the letter"; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

Definition of Cheer

1. n. The face; the countenance or its expression.

2. v. t. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up.

3. v. i. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.

Definition of Cheer

1. Noun. (obsolete) The face. (defdate 13th-16th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) One's expression or countenance. (defdate 13th-19th c.) ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) One's attitude, mood. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

4. Noun. A cheerful attitude; a nice disposition. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

5. Noun. A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray". (defdate from 18th c.) ¹

6. Noun. A chant made in support of a team at a sports event. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To shout a cheer or cheers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cheer

1. to applaud with shouts of approval [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheer

cheekiness cheekinesses cheeking cheekless cheekpiece cheekpieces cheeks cheeky cheeky monkey cheep

cheeped cheeper cheepers cheeping cheeps cheer (current term) cheer on cheer up cheere cheered

cheerer cheerer-upper cheerers cheerest cheereth cheerful cheerfull cheerfuller cheerfullest cheerfully

Literary usage of Cheer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"cheer, boys, cheer ! no more of idle sorrow ; Courage ! true hearts shall bear ... cheer boys, cheer for the willing strong right hand ; cheer, boys, cheer ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"And though his thunder-car The rumbling tempest drive through earth and sky, Good cheer ! good cheer ! The elemental war Tells that a blessed healing hour ..."

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