cheer
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Is cheer a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.Examples: "I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have."uncountable
2. (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.Examples: "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.[…].”"uncountable
3. (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".Examples: "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!"Synonyms: applause, plaudit, clap, clapping, acclaim, acclamation, lauditsAntonyms: boocountable
4. (countable) A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.countable
5. (obsolete) One's facial expression or countenance.Examples: "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"; "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.’"countableobsoleteuncountable
6. (archaic) One's attitude, mood.Examples: "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."archaiccountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.Examples: "We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea."; "How often shall her old fireside Be cheer’d with tidings of the bride, How often she herself return, […]"Synonyms: cheer up, upcheer, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, cheer uptransitive
2. (transitive) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.Examples: "The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd."Synonyms: comfort, solace, besoothe, cheer, comfort, console, solace, soothetransitive
3. (transitive, obsolete) To encourage to do something.Examples: "Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him, […] And burne him in the fury of that flame, That none can quench but blood and Empery."Synonyms: goad, stir up, abet, actuate, goose, send, sting, bring aboutobsoletetransitive
4. (ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.Examples: "The crowd cheered in support of the athletes."; "The crowd cheered the athletes."Synonyms: beclap, cheer on, encheer, hurrah, hurray, huzzahAntonyms: booambitransitive
5. (transitive, figurative) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).Examples: "The finance sector will cheer this decision."Synonyms: hail, salutefigurativelytransitive
noun (English)
1. (chiefly Canada, US) Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.Examples: "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."CanadaUSuncountable
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