cheerlead
Americanverb (used with object)
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to act as cheerleader for.
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to encourage by or as if by cheerleading.
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of cheerlead
By back formation from cheerleader or cheerleading
Example Sentences
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But Dzeko isn't going to the World Cup to cheerlead from the sidelines.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Contemporary poetry has so few readers that most critics only cheerlead, but Mr. Guriel shares T.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
De Los Santos advises against trying to cheerlead for guests who may not be all smiles.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
Now they’ve got Altman in-house, where he can cheerlead for AI and make deals to his heart’s content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Weaver and her spouse also shared some emotional insight into their life since her time on the cheerleading squad came to an end several months ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
"The ICU Worlds is broadcast on the Olympic channel, so it's basically kind of like the Olympics of cheerleading," she says.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Of course, only a small number of technology companies are driving bullish earnings revisions and pushing the stock market higher, but the market mob, and their cheerleading commentariat, don’t seem to care.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
You seem like you’re like cheerleading for everybody else as much as promoting your own work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Aimee likes to tell this one story about me: In one of my early JO classes when I had just turned seven, I saw a member of the cheerleading team do a standing back tuck.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Yet off camera, he cheerled for America with the zeal of the new citizen he was.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2019
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