Usually means: Encouragement through shouts and applause.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word cheer:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheer: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cheer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cheer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cheer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cheer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cheer, cheer: Wordnik
  7. cheer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cheer: Wiktionary
  9. cheer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cheer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cheer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cheer, cheer: Dictionary.com
  13. cheer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cheer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cheer (TV series), Cheer (brand), Cheer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cheer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cheer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. cheer: Rhymezone
  19. cheer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cheer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cheer: Free Dictionary
  22. cheer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. cheer: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cheer: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cheer: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CHEER: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. cheer: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. cheer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cheered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
noun:  (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
noun:  (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
noun:  (countable) A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
noun:  (obsolete) One's facial expression or countenance.
noun:  (archaic) One's attitude, mood.
verb:  (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
verb:  (transitive) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To encourage to do something.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
noun:  (chiefly Canada, US) Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.

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