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cheer ship

cheer ship verb: to salute a passing ship with cheers from sailors stationed in the rigging.

Verb

cheer ship (third-person singular simple present cheers ship, present participle cheering ship, simple past and past participle cheered ship)

  1. To salute a passing ship with cheers from sailors stationed in the rigging.

Forms of cheer ship

third-person singular presentcheers ship
present participlecheering ship
past participlecheered ship
pastcheered ship

Questions about cheer ship

What does cheer ship mean?
Cheer ship means to salute a passing ship with cheers from sailors stationed in the rigging.
What part of speech is cheer ship?
Cheer ship is a verb.
What is the past tense of cheer ship?
The past tense of cheer ship is cheered ship.

Words near cheer ship in the dictionary

  1. cheepy
  2. cheer
  3. cheer on
  4. cheer pheasant
  5. cheer pheasants
  6. cheer ship
  7. cheer squad
  8. cheer squads
  9. cheer to the echo
  10. cheer up
  11. cheer'd

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