cheers

English Online Dictionary. What means cheers‎? What does cheers mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tʃɪəz/
• (General American) enPR: chĭrz, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z

Verb

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).

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

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

Anagrams

• Escher, Reches, Scheer, creesh

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheers.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

cheers

1. (informal) cheers (toast)

Synonyms

• proost, gezondheid, santé, schol, prut

Anagrams

• scheer, schere