cheer

cheer1 [ tʃır ] verb **

1. ) intransitive or transitive to give a loud shout of happiness or approval:

The crowd cheered and threw flowers to the 57-year-old tenor.

The prince was cheered by a 10,000-strong audience.

2. ) transitive usually passive if you are cheered by something such as a piece of news, it makes you happier or less worried:

He seemed genuinely cheered at the prospect of my arrival.

,cheer `on phrasal verb transitive

to shout loudly in order to encourage someone:

I'll be there to cheer you on when the race starts.

,cheer `up phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to become less sad, or to make someone feel less sad:

I tried to cheer him up, but he just kept staring out the window.

a ) intransitive always in imperative SPOKEN used for telling someone to try to be happier:

Cheer up, he said. It can't be that bad.

2. ) transitive if you cheer a place up, you make it look brighter by adding colorful things:

Cheer up a dull room with fresh flowers.

cheer

cheer 2 [ tʃır ] noun *

1. ) count a loud shout of happiness or approval:

A great cheer went up from the crowd.

Troops raised a loud cheer as the president appeared.

a ) three cheers for used for telling people to shout three times to show their approval of someone or something

b ) a phrase or short poem that people at a sports event shout to encourage their team

c ) two cheers for BRITISH used for saying that you think something is good but that it could be better:

Two cheers for yesterday's bold decision to cut interest rates.

2. ) uncount MAINLY LITERARY a feeling of happiness:

The survey will bring little cheer to teachers.

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