CHEERLEADING

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is an intense physical activity based upon organized routines, usually ranging anywhere from one to three minutes, which contains many components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers and stunting in order to direct spectators of events to cheer for sports teams at games or to participate in cheerleading competitions. The athlete involved in cheerleading is called a cheerleader. Cheerleading originated in the United States, and remains predominantly American, with an estimated 1.5 million participants in all-star cheerleading. The presentation of cheerleading as a sport to a global audience was led by the 1997 start of broadcasts of ...

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cheerleading

Noun

  1. Organized gymnastics, dance and yelling at team games.
  2. A physical activity in which people (usually women) organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team
  3. Automatic or servile praise.

Verb

cheerleading



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