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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cheer
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd cheers (=shouts to show praise, support etc)
▪ The crowd cheered as the team came onto the pitch.
an audience cheers
▪ The audience cheered loudly when he came on stage.
Bronx cheer
fans cheer/applaud (sb/sth)
▪ Fans on both sides applauded their skill and spirit.
festive cheer
▪ festive cheer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ Our name came up, and we got a really big cheer.
▪ The biggest cheers came when speakers suggested liquidating the society and turning the lights off in Lime Street.
▪ That got the biggest cheer of the night.
▪ It was nice to hear everyone give the chap a big cheer as he came forward, obviously overcome with excitement.
▪ These were Green warriors reserving their biggest cheers for legalising pot smoking.
festive
▪ Pools firms were not so full of festive cheer, warning it could mean the industry cutting 6,000 jobs.
good
▪ The handsome, smiling face exuded confidence and good cheer.
▪ The men had gone to bed in a rare mood of good cheer but were abruptly awakened in the early morning hours.
▪ Uncle Hamish was already rising from his seat, looking positively twinkly with health and good cheer.
▪ On both their parts, it seems, the good cheer was a facade for the benefit of the other.
▪ A bundle of black walked toward her, round, bobbing, and bubbling with good cheer.
▪ And despite their efforts at good cheer, the atmosphere in the dang now was somber.
▪ All that semblance of seasonal good cheer.
▪ Proceed with caution and good cheer, all Libras.
great
▪ The replacements began to enter, and none received a greater cheer than the convert from rugby league, Jason Robinson.
▪ A great cheer when up as Ann broke away from the crowd and went after Harry, but she hardly heard it.
▪ I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity.
▪ The girls gave a great cheer.
▪ There was a great cheer from the spectators.
huge
▪ A protest by a group of cyclists calling for bike lanes brought huge cheers from a usually sedate Santiago street crowd.
▪ As he was announced the winner to a huge cheer, he looked astonished.
▪ The kop gave him a huge cheer when he came out.
▪ Vinnies home debut, came on as sub to huge cheers.
▪ This was accompanied by a huge cheer from the audience.
loud
▪ I hit the ball well and a very loud cheer went up.
▪ The loudest cheers in the conference hall were reserved for the familiar attacks on Brussels, section 28 or the Dome.
▪ At the medal presentation, the loudest cheers came for Strug.
▪ This was enough to earn him louder cheers than ever.
■ VERB
bring
▪ A protest by a group of cyclists calling for bike lanes brought huge cheers from a usually sedate Santiago street crowd.
▪ But the news brings little cheer for the 770 Alma workers laid off by the receivers.
▪ My dear, one had positively risked an influenza to bring her some good cheer, and to what end?
▪ The current round of bonus announcements has brought little cheer.
give
▪ Then they raised their hands in the air and gave three cheers.
▪ After years of knockabout abuse in this paper, lets give two muted cheers for Whitbread and their hops.
▪ We lined up on the foredeck to give the traditional three cheers for her Majesty at the appropriate moment.
▪ In the corridor the youngsters give a sarcastic cheer.
▪ I give three cheers every time there is news of another delay or cash crisis.
▪ The kop gave him a huge cheer when he came out.
▪ The speed limit on our motorways was reduced the other day, and I give a cheer for that.
▪ The girls gave a great cheer.
raise
▪ Indeed, I know that some members of that governing body will also be raising discreet cheers.
▪ Besides, the biggest disincentive to spend is fear of the dole, and Mr Lamont raised little cheer in that regard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A deafening cheer rose from the crowd as the band walked onto the stage.
▪ A great cheer went up when the first goal was scored.
▪ Let's all give a big cheer for the newly married couple! Hip, hip, hooray!
▪ Probably the biggest cheer of the evening was for General Powell.
▪ The cheer, "Go Lions Go!" could be heard for over half a mile.
▪ The cheering went on for ages as the victorious athletes ran around the track.
▪ The audience filled the theater with cheers.
▪ The rise in U.S. exports is certain to bring cheer to manufacturers.
▪ Three cheers for the next Governor of Nebraska!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A startled cheer erupted from the crowd.
▪ An ironic cheer arose from the crowd round the bar.
▪ Each remark is greeted by laughter and cheers and applause.
▪ Nabers asks the seniors to come up with a cheer to break the huddle.
▪ The men stiffened up to the color line, charged forward with a cheer, and drove back the enemy.
▪ Then they raised their hands in the air and gave three cheers.
▪ Uncle Hamish was already rising from his seat, looking positively twinkly with health and good cheer.
▪ We ate them with cheer in the grace of confinement.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
audience
▪ The audience cheered loudly as the red velvet curtains danced apart and revealed the tenor.
▪ Dance audiences will be cheered to learn the remodeled Ina Gittings now has new, more comfortable seats.
▪ Thirty years ago, if you can imagine, audiences cheered.
▪ The audience whooped and cheered the many, generous selections.
crowd
▪ The crowd cheered us in of course, but it's not the same as coming down the last as the winner for sure.
▪ I hear the crowd cheering us.
▪ Again, he was interrupted repeatedly with applause, but this was a crowd which does not cheer.
▪ The crowd is cheering us on and it certainly flows down to the field.
▪ Women in the crowd cheer and stomp.
▪ As they marched from the railroad stations, they were escorted by crowds cheering vociferously.
▪ The crowds waved and cheered him on, the boats bobbing up and down in the estuary.
▪ The crowd cheered when the roof fell in, while firemen lifted no finger or hose through it all.
fan
▪ Frustratingly for Leeds, they had begun as if determined to give their fans something to cheer about.
▪ Turbo swills a couple of beers to warm up while his wife and fans gather to cheer him on.
▪ The Oxford fans were still cheering their goal when Liam 0 Brien all but broke the net.
▪ The fans cheered, and the athletes beamed.
▪ Girlfriend Shirley, a Bangor fan, will be cheering for the Seasiders.
people
▪ Then the Mayor of Fulham thought people should be cheered up, and began to plan a party.
▪ Of course, many people yelled and cheered from the stands.
▪ After all, sick people need cheering up, right?
▪ The Robinson sisters wove between each other, three-by-three. People cheered and whistled.
▪ As he well knew, the people were cheering the symbol rather than the man.
▪ When the first verdict was announced, people cheered or booed or gasped; we knew how we felt.
▪ She would tell the people joyful things, cheer them up, make them happy.
▪ The Soviet people who once cheered him on now jeer at him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ All the mums and dads come to cheer their kids on.
▪ At the end, the whole audience stood up clapping and cheering.
▪ Fans began to cheer as the teams entered the stadium.
▪ I saw the way the crowd cheered for him, and I thought, "I want to be like that!"
▪ Investors were cheered by news of the merger.
▪ The audience were now on their feet, cheering wildly.
▪ The speaker was cheered loudly when he called for a total ban on nuclear weapons.
▪ Thousands of people lined Broadway to cheer the Yankees and celebrate their World Series triumph.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although he arrived around midnight, the streets were lined with thousands who cheered and waved as his limousine sped by.
▪ But Norman Lamont can not cheer yet.
▪ He claimed he needed to cheer on his son in a local boxing tournament.
▪ Hundreds of area students cheered and screamed as the president appeared on the outdoor stage.
▪ It's the seventh defeat for Gloucestershire in eight limited over matches, nothing to cheer about.
▪ Kay McGovern rose to his feet, cheering appreciatively when the performance ended.
▪ They identified your ten ships right away and cheered back.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cheer

Cheer \Cheer\ (ch[=e]r), n. [OE. chere face, welcome, cheer, OF. chiere, F. ch[`e]re, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. ka`ra head; akin to Skr. [,c]iras, L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. cranium.]

  1. The face; the countenance or its expression. [Obs.] ``Sweat of thy cheer.''
    --Wyclif.

  2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.

    Be of good cheer.
    --Matt. ix. 2.

    The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer.
    --Holland.

  3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.

    I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
    --Shak.

    1. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.

    5. A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.

    Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.
    --Tennyson.

    What cheer? How do you fare? What is there that is cheering?

Cheer

Cheer \Cheer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheered (ch[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. cheering.]

  1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up.
    --Cowpe.

  2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

    The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered.
    --Dryden.

  3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.

    To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.

    Syn: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.

Cheer

Cheer \Cheer\, v. i.

  1. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.

    At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up.
    --A. Philips.

  2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [Obs.]

    How cheer'st thou, Jessica?
    --Shak.

  3. To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.

    And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer.
    --Macaulay.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cheer

c.1200, "the face," especially as expressing emotion, from Anglo-French chere "the face," Old French chiere "face, countenance, look, expression," from Late Latin cara "face" (source also of Spanish cara), possibly from Greek kara "head," from PIE root *ker- (1) "head" (see horn (n.)). From mid-13c. as "frame of mind, state of feeling, spirit; mood, humor."\n

\nBy late 14c. the meaning had extended metaphorically to "mood, mental condition," as reflected in the face. This could be in a good or bad sense ("The feend ... beguiled her with treacherye, and brought her into a dreerye cheere," "Merline," c.1500), but a positive sense (probably short for good cheer) has predominated since c.1400. Meaning "shout of encouragement" first recorded 1720, perhaps nautical slang (compare earlier verbal sense, "to encourage by words or deeds," early 15c.). The antique English greeting what cheer (mid-15c.) was picked up by Algonquian Indians of southern New England from the Puritans and spread in Indian languages as far as Canada.

cheer

late 14c., "to cheer up, humor, console;" c.1400 as "entertain with food or drink," from cheer (n.). Related: Cheered; cheering. Sense of "to encourage by words or deeds" is early 15c. Which had focused to "salute with shouts of applause" by late 18c. Cheer up (intransitive) first attested 1670s.

Wiktionary
cheer

n. (context obsolete English) The face. (13th-16thc.) vb. 1 (context transitive English) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with ''up''. 2 (context transitive English) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. 3 (context ambitransitive English) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.

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WordNet
cheer

  1. n. a cry or shout of approval

  2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: cheerfulness] [ant: uncheerfulness]

cheer

  1. v. give encouragement to [syn: hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten]

  2. show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy"

  3. cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" [syn: cheer up, jolly along, jolly up]

  4. become cheerful [syn: cheer up, chirk up] [ant: complain]

  5. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up]

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Wikipedia
Cheer (brand)

Cheer is a laundry detergent sold in the United States and Canada. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble.

It was introduced in 1950, and after a slight reformulation in 1952, was a highly successful follow up to P&G's Tide product from 1948-49.

Cheer is recognized for its distinctive blue granules. The 1952 formula ("Blue-Magic Whitener") was designed to clean as well as perform bluing, which makes white clothing look whiter (this was traditionally a separate process). Magazine and television ads at the time proclaimed, "...washes clothes so clean, so white, you don't need bluing or bleach!" This was well known as a sponsor of I Love Lucy. Kinescopes exist of 1950s soap opera episodes with commercials for Cheer still intact, it being a sponsor of shows like The Brighter Day.

In the 1960s, the brand was repositioned as "All Temperature Cheer" or as it was also known, "All-Tempa-Cheer", as it was formulated to clean clothes effectively in all water temperatures.

The brand is currently known as "Cheer Colorguard" and "Cheer Brightclean."

Favorite laundry detergent of the Jerry Seinfeld character as seen in the episode "The Sponge".

As of July 2016 Cheer detergent is still being sold, albeit as a budget detergent. Tide Plus Colorguard replaced Cheer as the premium color care detergent.

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Usage examples of "cheer".

With the canals frozen, thousands of skaters took to the ice, a spectacle that provided what little cheer Adams found in life.

All through Massachusetts and Connecticut people lined the road to cheer Adams as one of their own, a New England man.

The Akkadian raft-keepers clapped and cheered, shouting encouragements, seemingly unfazed by the crossing.

Monday, May 18 0427 hours Coast road South of Amoy, China Holt gave a muffled cheer.

Miles in the distance, from faraway Anaheim Stadium, came the sounds of a Blue Cheer concert.

So they too cheered, and loudly, at this further evidence that the Empress-in-exile of Andhra was a force to be reckoned with.

Instantly, then, shouts of laughter--torchlight scattering the shadows amid gloom--green cypresses --fire--color splurging on the bosom of the water--babel of hundreds of voices as the gay Antiochenes swarmed out from behind the trees--and a cheer, as the girls by the altar threw their garments off and scampered naked along the river-bank toward a bridge that joined the temple island to the sloping lawns, where the crowd ran to await them.

The Wart cheered, Archimedes hooted till he cried, the gore-crow fell down dead, and Hecate, on the top of her ladder, clapped so much that she nearly tumbled off.

Mocking cheers greeted him from the members of both bands, who were sitting at separated tables, as was the rule for tours.

Bastille Day enlivened the downtown area in mid-July, culminating in the Great Circus Parade that strutted down Wisconsin Avenue complete with hundred-year-old wagons brought by train from Baraboo, Wisconsin, and unloaded by horses in the train yard to the delight of scores of cheering children and equally happy grown-ups.

It went on that way, each sentence interrupted by cheers and applause, as Baraka told how the men had found out plans for a sneak Israeli attack on Lobynia with atomic pistols, and they set out deep into the heartland of Israel, even into Tel Aviv, and foiled the plan and laid much of that city waste before they were finally overwhelmed by the entire Israeli army.

As the cheering continued, Baraka searched the faces of the Americans gathered in a soldier-contained group in front of him.

The rush went on and on, for a long time, and at last, sure enough, along comes the barkeeper, and then everybody rose, and a cheer went up that made the heavens shake, I tell you!

In the State Capitol that night, another extraordinary declaration of rebellion by Governor Barnett was read to the cheering legislature.

AMERICAN INSURRECTION Soon after the game, the cheers still ringing in his ears, Barnett phoned Robert Kennedy and called off the decoy plan.