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cheerlead
[ cheer-leed ]
/ ˈtʃɪərˌlid /
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verb (used with object), cheer·led, cheer·lead·ing.
to act as cheerleader for.
to encourage by or as if by cheerleading.
verb (used without object), cheer·led, cheer·lead·ing.
to act as cheerleader.
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Origin of cheerlead
By back formation from cheerleader or cheerleading
Words nearby cheerlead
cheep, cheer, cheerer-upper, cheerful, cheerio, cheerlead, cheerleader, cheerleading, cheerless, cheerly, cheero
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How to use cheerlead in a sentence
He’s been involved in cheerleading for at least 20 years and has the advantage of also working as a cheerleading judge.
Where Cheer Season 2 Finds All Your Favorite Navarro Cheerleaders—Plus a Whole New Crew of Rivals|Hannah Lynn|January 12, 2022|TimeIt’s all like that, all just cheerleading and framing and rhetoric in service of his preferred narrative that the right is sane and sober and the left — a voluminous and expanding category of people — deranged and furious.
Tucker Carlson is very mad at ‘evil’ critical race theory, whatever it is|Philip Bump|November 4, 2021|Washington PostI saw Biles cheerleading her teammates, a smile on her face for maybe the first time in Tokyo.
It was supposed to disappear in 24 hours, but her cheerleading coaches were alerted to it, and Levy was suspended from cheerleading for a year.