cheerleading

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Definition of cheerleading

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noun

(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.”
“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.”

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noun

(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.”
“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.”
(figuratively, uncountable)Automatic or servile praise.

verb

(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cheerlead

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From cheerlead + -ing.

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