cheers

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English

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cheers

  1. 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)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

  1. plural of cheer

Interjection

cheers

  1. A common toast used when drinking in company.
  2. (chiefly Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.
  3. (Commonwealth, informal) thank you

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃeːrs/, [tʃɪːrs]
  • Hyphenation: cheers

Interjection

cheers

  1. (informal) cheers (toast)

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