cheerleading
[cheer-lee-ding]
- the action or skill of a cheerleader.
Origin of cheerleading
cheerlead
[cheer-leed]
- to act as cheerleader for.
- to encourage by or as if by cheerleading.
- to act as cheerleader.
Origin of cheerlead
by back formation from cheerleader or cheerleading
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And yet his Putin cheerleading increasingly crosses the line into denial or outright recycling of Kremlin propaganda.
It took a multistate manhunt and a little bit of luck to find Anderson, who disappeared after cheerleading practice on August 3.
In the film, Jones tackles a water-gun-wielding mascot, goes skating, and delivers an impassioned speech about cheerleading.
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February 7, 2013
Santana gets into college on a cheerleading scholarship but wants to throw that away to pursue her artistic dreams.
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For 16-year-old Addy Hanlon, there are really only two things that matter in the world: Cheerleading and her best friend, Beth.