verb
act as a cheerleader in a sports event
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cheerleader
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s somebody
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/chear"leed'/, v., cheerled, cheerleading.
v.t.
1. to act as cheerleader for.
2. to encourage by or as if by cheerleading.
v.i.
3. to act as cheerleader.
[by back formation from CHEERLEADER or CHEERLEADING]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.