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CHEERLEAD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act as a cheerleader in a sports event
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "cheerlead" is one way to...):
barrack; cheer; exhort; inspire; pep up; root on; urge; urge on (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
cheerleader (someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event)