cheerleadv.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪəˌliːd/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪrˌlid/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheer n.¹, lead v.¹

Etymology: < cheer n.¹ + lead v.¹, after cheerleader n. Compare earlier cheerleading n.

Originally U.S.

1. intransitive. To act or perform as a cheerleader; to engage in cheerleading. Also transitive: to direct (the cheering or chanting of a crowd).

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1921 Deseret State News (Salt Lake City, Utah) 17 Oct. 3/2 The game brought out the fact that though man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn, it only makes cheerleaders cheerlead all the harder.

1956 in Amer. Speech 31 xxxi. 84 Don't you think it's fair for the sixth grade to cheer-lead one year and then the fifth cheer-leads the next?

1969 Hard Times 30 June 4/1 After initial attempts to quiet hecklers, the PL [= Progressive Labour] leaders began to cheer-lead the heckles themselves.

2012 Independent 6 Aug. 20/2 There are more than 100 countries that cheerlead and 65 competed in the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Championships this year.

2. transitive. To support, encourage, or champion (esp. a cause). Also intransitive.

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1971 New South 26 ii. 33/2 President Nixon, on October 20, came into East Tennessee to cheer-lead the GOP effort.

1991 Harper's Mag. Dec. 55 The undergraduate curriculum should include courses whose purpose, is, in effect, to cheerlead for civil and sexual rights.

2008 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. Mar. 63/2 It has to be a little exhausting for Robert..to cheerlead his daughters, to always try to pump everyone up and keep them happy.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cheerlead
释义	cheerleadv. Brit. /ˈtʃɪəˌliːd/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪrˌlid/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheer n.¹, lead v.¹ Etymology: < cheer n.¹ + lead v.¹, after cheerleader n. Compare earlier cheerleading n. Originally U.S. 1. intransitive. To act or perform as a cheerleader; to engage in cheerleading. Also transitive: to direct (the cheering or chanting of a crowd). ΚΠ 1921 Deseret State News (Salt Lake City, Utah) 17 Oct. 3/2 The game brought out the fact that though man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn, it only makes cheerleaders cheerlead all the harder. 1956 in Amer. Speech 31 xxxi. 84 Don't you think it's fair for the sixth grade to cheer-lead one year and then the fifth cheer-leads the next? 1969 Hard Times 30 June 4/1 After initial attempts to quiet hecklers, the PL [= Progressive Labour] leaders began to cheer-lead the heckles themselves. 2012 Independent 6 Aug. 20/2 There are more than 100 countries that cheerlead and 65 competed in the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Championships this year. 2. transitive. To support, encourage, or champion (esp. a cause). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1971 New South 26 ii. 33/2 President Nixon, on October 20, came into East Tennessee to cheer-lead the GOP effort. 1991 Harper's Mag. Dec. 55 The undergraduate curriculum should include courses whose purpose, is, in effect, to cheerlead for civil and sexual rights. 2008 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. Mar. 63/2 It has to be a little exhausting for Robert..to cheerlead his daughters, to always try to pump everyone up and keep them happy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1921
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