Standard Lemma guide

cheerleading

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Automatic or servile praise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of cheerlead

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cheerlead + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَشْجِيع (tašjīʕ) — physical activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啦啦隊 /啦啦队 (lālāduì) — physical activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉拉隊 /拉拉队 (lālāduì) — physical activity
  • Finnish: cheerleading — physical activity
  • French: cheerleading — physical activity
  • German: Cheerleading — physical activity
  • Hungarian: vezérszurkolás — physical activity
  • Hungarian: vezérszurkolóskodás — physical activity
  • Hungarian: cheerleaderség — physical activity
  • Hungarian: cheerleaderkedés — physical activity
  • Japanese: チアリーディング (chiarīdingu) — physical activity
  • Kazakh: чирлидинг (çirlidiñ) — physical activity
  • Korean: 응원 (eung'won) — physical activity
  • Korean: 치어리딩 (chieoriding) — physical activity
  • Kyrgyz: чирлидинг (cirliding) — physical activity
  • Macedonian: чирлидинг (čirliding) — physical activity
  • Macedonian: мажоретство (mažoretstvo) — physical activity
  • Russian: черли́динг (čerlíding) — physical activity
  • Russian: чирли́динг (čirlíding) — physical activity
  • Spanish: animación — physical activity
  • Spanish: porrismo — physical activity
Real reading context

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