CHEERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheering mean? 

• CHEERING (noun)
  The noun CHEERING has 1 sense:

1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

  Familiarity information: CHEERING used as a noun is very rare.

• CHEERING (adjective)
  The adjective CHEERING has 1 sense:

1. providing freedom from worry

  Familiarity information: CHEERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cheering; shouting

Context example:

it's all over but the shouting

Hypernyms ("cheering" is a kind of...):

encouragement (the expression of approval and support)

Derivation:

cheer (show approval or good wishes by shouting)

cheer (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts)

cheer (give encouragement to)

• CHEERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Providing freedom from worry

Synonyms:

cheering; comforting; satisfying

Similar:

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)

 Context examples 

The prospect of such delights was very cheering, and they parted in mutual good spirits.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Of her soon cheering up again, and our signing the register all round.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

That was given with a will, as you may well believe, and the cheering once begun, it was hard to stop it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A dense crowd of cheering men were round the four travelers.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He never forgot a kindly greeting or a cheering word, and to sit down for a long talk with them (“gas” he called it) was as much his delight as theirs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

And still the crowd seethed and the cheering swelled.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A buzz of delight burst from the archers, as they broke their ranks and ran hither and thither, whooping and cheering like boys who have news of a holiday.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If only one editor, he sometimes thought, would descend from his high seat of pride to write me one cheering line!

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The idea of Mr. Elton was certainly cheering; but still, after a time, she was tender-hearted again towards the rejected Mr. Martin.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)