cheerleading en · NOUN
Etymology
From cheerlead + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A physical activity and sport in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.
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 of Sports Medicine.
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: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:
- (figuratively, uncountable) Automatic or servile praise.
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Translations (21)
hu vezérszurkolás (physical activity) · hu cheerleaderség (physical activity) · mk чирлидинг (physical activity) · ru черли́динг (physical activity) · ja チアリーディング (physical activity) · fi cheerleading (physical activity) · ru чирли́динг (physical activity) · es animación (physical activity) · hu vezérszurkolóskodás (physical activity) · mk мажоретство (physical activity) · kk чирлидинг (physical activity) · hu cheerleaderkedés (physical activity) · es porrismo (physical activity) · ko 치어리딩 (physical activity) · cmn 拉拉隊 /拉拉队 (physical activity) · ko 응원 (physical activity) · ar تَشْجِيع (physical activity) · de Cheerleading (physical activity) · ky чирлидинг (physical activity) · fr cheerleading (physical activity) · cmn 啦啦隊 /啦啦队 (physical activity)