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[ noun ] a cry or shout of approval
Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)The crowd staged its own mad scene in salvos of cheers and applause and finally a standing_ovation as Miss_Sutherland took curtain_call after curtain_call following a fantastic `` Mad_Scene '' created on_her_own and with the help of the composer and the other performers . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)If there is nothing evil in these things , if they get their moral complexion only from our feeling about them , why should n't they be greeted with a cheer ? (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)An unusual , if not extraordinary , rendering of the classic myth that involves the rescue of Prometheus from the rock by the U.S._Cavalry was given last week in the warehouse of the Albany_Leather_Conduit_Company amid cheers of `` Hubba hubba '' and `` Yalagaloo pip pip '' ! |
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[ verb ] show approval or good wishes by shouting
Examples "everybody cheered the birthday boy" Used in print (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)Everyone is ambivalent about his profession , if he has practised it long enough , but there were still moments when he loved the stage and all those unseen people out there , who might cheer you or boo you , but that was largely , though not entirely , up_to_you . |
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[ verb ] give encouragement to
Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)His neighbors cheered him on . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
Synonyms Examples "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
Synonyms Examples "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" Related terms uncheerfulness attribute good-temperedness disposition cheerful cheerless |
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