cheers
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tʃɪəz/
- (General American) enPR: chĭrz, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪɹz/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Verb
cheers
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cheer
Verb
cheers (third-person singular simple present cheerses, present participle cheersing, simple past and past participle cheersed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To say "cheers" as a toast (to someone).
- 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 125:
- So I just tilted my beer, cheersing him.
- 2018, Kavya Mahadik, Unheard Love: Experience the illusion of love:
- We cheersed and started drinking.
Noun
cheers
Interjection
cheers
- A common toast used when drinking in company.
- (chiefly Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.
- (Commonwealth, informal) thank you
Synonyms
- (toast): bottoms up, skoal, chin chin, down the hatch, here’s mud in your eye
- (informal: goodbye): bye, catch you later, cheerio (UK), laters (slang), see you, see you later, see you after (Scottish), see you later alligator, so long, ta-ta (British), peace (slang)
- (informal: thank you): ta (UK, CA, AUS, NZL), thanks; see also Thesaurus:thank you
Derived terms
Translations
toast when drinking
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informal: goodbye
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informal: thank you
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
cheers
Synonyms
- proost, gezondheid, santé, schol, prut
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