cheerleading
cheerleading noun: a physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team. Also the present participle and gerund of cheerlead.
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Noun
cheerleading (uncountable)
- A physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
- Since its inception in the late 19th century, cheerleading has evolved from yelling encouragement on the sidelines to a competitive hybrid of gymnastics, dance and acrobatics.2020 November 29, Tess DeMeyer, Ilana Panich-Linsman, “The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- His [Jeff Webb's] move to make cheerleading more acrobatic drew criticism for making it more dangerous. The sport accounts for around two-thirds of all severe head and spinal injuries suffered by female athletes in the US, according to academic research published in 2022 in the Orthopaedic Journal...2026 April 4, “Obituary: Texan who turned a US pastime into a serious sport”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5
- Automatic or servile praise.
Also used as
cheerleading is also the present participle and gerund of cheerlead.
cheerleading meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cheerleading in Hindi
- चीयरलीडिंग, चीयरलिडिंग
cheerleading in Tamil
- சியர்லீடிங், சீர்லீடிங், சியர்லிடிங்
cheerleading in Marathi
- चीयरलिडिंग, चीअरलिडिंग, चीयरलीडिंग
cheerleading in Urdu
- چیئرلیڈنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- cheerleading in Bengali
- চিয়ারলিডিং, চিয়েরলিডিং, চিয়রলিডিং
- cheerleading in Telugu
- చీర్లీడింగ్, ఛీర్లీడింగ్, చీర్ లీడింగ్
- cheerleading in Malayalam
- ചീർലീഡിംഗ്, ചിയർലീഡിംഗ്, ചിയർലീഡിങ്
- cheerleading in Kannada
- ಚೀರ್ಲೀಡಿಂಗ್, ಚಿಯರ್ಲೀಡಿಂಗ್, ಚೀರ್ ಲೀಡಿಂಗ್
- cheerleading in Punjabi
- ਚੀਅਰਲੀਡਿੰਗ, ਚੀਅਰਲਿਡਿੰਗ, ਚਿਅਰਲੀਡਿੰਗ
- cheerleading in Gujarati
- ચીયરલીડિંગ, ચીયરલિડિંગ, ચીઅરલિડિંગ
- cheerleading in Odia
- ଚିଯ଼ରଲିଡିଂ, ଚିଅରଲିଡିଂ, ଚିଯ଼ରଲିଡିଙ୍ଗ
- cheerleading in Nepali
- चियरलिडिङ, चीयरलिडिङ, चिअरलिडिङ
- cheerleading in Arabic
- تَشْجِيع tašjīʕ
Origin of cheerleading
From cheerlead + -ing.
Questions about cheerleading
- What does cheerleading mean?
- Cheerleading means a physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
- What is cheerleading in Hindi?
- Cheerleading in Hindi is चीयरलीडिंग, चीयरलिडिंग. See Cheerleading meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cheerleading?
- Cheerleading is a noun.
Words near cheerleading in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheerleading (page history and authors); cheerleading (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cheerleading (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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