cheerlead

cheer·lead

(chîr′lēd′)

intr.v. cheer·led (-lĕd′), cheer·lead·ing, cheer·leads

1. To lead organized cheering, as at sports events.

2. To express or promote automatic or servile praise: We want someone not just to cheerlead but to help us revamp our organization.

[Back-formation from cheerleader.]

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cheerlead

(ˈtʃɪərˌliːd)

vb (intr)

to lead a crowd in formal cheers at sports events

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cheer•lead

(ˈtʃɪərˌlid)

v. -led, -lead•ing. v.t.

1. to stir and excite (spectators) through organized cheering.

v.i.

2. to act as cheerleader.

[1970–75, Amer.; back formation from cheerleader]

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cheerlead - act as a cheerleader in a sports event

exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer - spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

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