cheersint.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪəz/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪ(ə)rz/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cheer n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < the plural of cheer n.¹ Compare earlier cheero int., cheerio int.

colloquial.

a. Used as an expression of encouragement, approval, or enthusiasm.Examples of British use of this sense from the 1970s onwards (and the isolated U.S. use in quot. 1957) often express a person's pleasure at receiving something from another person, and thus closely approach sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > expression of cheerfulness [interjection] > exhortation to be cheerful

comfort1597

heads up1854

cheers1915

1915 W. R. Foran Let. 30 May in Scoop 4 575 We go out in a couple of weeks to the front. Cheers!

1919 Sphere 28 June p. v/1 (advt.) Cheers—I'm longing to see you and a Kenilworth together—the two nicest things on earth.

1926 E. Chisholm Jolly Book 221 ‘Cheers.’ Gratian spoke comfortingly. ‘It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.’

1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet iii. 67 A hundred cigarettes. Cheers!

1934 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 836 Here you go a full stride forward. Cheers, and long life to your pen.

1957 R. Silverberg in Amazing Stories Sept. 56/2 ‘Okay, Preston,’ came the voice from the tower. ‘You've got clearance.’ ‘Cheers,’ Preston said, and yanked the blast-lever.

1972 P. Townshend in Guitar Player May/June 26/2 Joe Walsh..rang me up one night and said, ‘I've got something for you’.., and I said ‘What?’ and he said, ‘A 1957 Gretsch’... I said, ‘Great, cheers, man’,..I was being polite. I opened the case and it was bright orange and I thought, ‘Ugh! It's horrible, I hate it’.

1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing v. 50 This man.. said Cheers five times, the first time when he noticed the approach of his customer, again when he handed the magazines, again when he took money, again when he gave change and the last time when bidden good-bye.

1995 Guardian 6 Oct. (Friday Review section) 7/3 It was punctuated with cries of ‘Yeah! Brilliant! Cheers!’ when things went well for the police.

b. Originally and chiefly British. Used to express gratitude or acknowledgement for something: ‘thanks’. Also ironic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection]

gramercyc1330

mercyc1390

thanks1598

kew1939

cheers1976

1976 P. Howard in Times 5 Aug. 12/1 By a remarkable transition from the pub to the sober world at large outside cheers has become the colloquial synonym in British English for ‘thanks’.

1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Christmas Special 61 Del. (Hands Grandad a twenty-pound note) There's a score for yer, little Christmas pressie. Grandad. Oh cheers Del, very nice of you.

1993 T. Hawkins Pepper ix. 197 Cheers for listening.

1996 P. Marber Dealer's Choice (rev. ed.) i. 13 Cheers, now I get an earful.

2002 R. Rankin Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Apocalypse iv. 39 ‘Cheers,’ said Eddie. ‘I appreciate that.’

2. Used as a toast or salutation before drinking.The usual sense.The earliest use so far traced comes from Australia but it is uncertain whether it originated there.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection]

rivoa1593

my service to you1637

tope1651

three times three1683

hob or nob1756

bottoms up!1858

chin chin1888

here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1896

down the hatch1918

cheerio1919

cheero1919

(here's) mud in your eye1927

cheers1930

lechayim1932

salut1933

salud1938

1930 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 14 Sept. 17 The brief toast of ‘Cheers, dears!’

1933 V. Williams Clock ticks On xiv. 131 They exchanged Anglo-Saxon drinking salutations. ‘Cheers!’ said the one, and ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ the other.

1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. i. 199 ‘Happy days!’ cried Mobbs. ‘Cheers!’ said the Major gloomily. The Commodore refreshed himself in silence.

1985 Frontline (Johannesburg) Feb. 30 Cheers. Down the hatch.

2004 P. Reizin Fiends Reunited vii. 223 I raised my glass. ‘Cheers.’

3. Originally Australian. Now chiefly British. Used as a parting salutation: ‘goodbye’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell

farewell1377

farewell itc1385

adieua1393

vale?1555

da-da1573

addio1577

goodbye1578

bye1618

adios1635

bye-bye1639

day-day1697

ta-ta1823

ave1850

sayonara1863

hooray1898

cheero1903

toodle-oo1907

hurroo1913

cheerio1914

pip-pip1919

tooraloo1922

cheery-bye1930

cheers1937

tara1958

ciao1961

toodles1965

tatty-bye1971

toodle-pip1977

1937 Queensland Country Life 29 July 7 Well, cheers old dears! See you next week.

1942 Irish Times 6 Mar. 3 See you at the smoker Saturday. Goodbye. Cheers.

1972 A. Bennett Getting On II. 53 Andy Cheers. Polly Where you going? Andy Only out.

1991 M. S. Power Come the Executioner (1992) viii. 59 ‘Good. I'll speak to you later.’ ‘Cheers.’

2006 K. Atkinson One Good Turn (2007) xxxiii. 273 Anyway, cheers. I'm off home. Sleep well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cheers
释义	cheersint. Brit. /ˈtʃɪəz/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪ(ə)rz/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cheer n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < the plural of cheer n.¹ Compare earlier cheero int., cheerio int. colloquial. 1. a. Used as an expression of encouragement, approval, or enthusiasm.Examples of British use of this sense from the 1970s onwards (and the isolated U.S. use in quot. 1957) often express a person's pleasure at receiving something from another person, and thus closely approach sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > expression of cheerfulness [interjection] > exhortation to be cheerful comfort1597 heads up1854 cheers1915 1915 W. R. Foran Let. 30 May in Scoop 4 575 We go out in a couple of weeks to the front. Cheers! 1919 Sphere 28 June p. v/1 (advt.) Cheers—I'm longing to see you and a Kenilworth together—the two nicest things on earth. 1926 E. Chisholm Jolly Book 221 ‘Cheers.’ Gratian spoke comfortingly. ‘It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.’ 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet iii. 67 A hundred cigarettes. Cheers! 1934 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 836 Here you go a full stride forward. Cheers, and long life to your pen. 1957 R. Silverberg in Amazing Stories Sept. 56/2 ‘Okay, Preston,’ came the voice from the tower. ‘You've got clearance.’ ‘Cheers,’ Preston said, and yanked the blast-lever. 1972 P. Townshend in Guitar Player May/June 26/2 Joe Walsh..rang me up one night and said, ‘I've got something for you’.., and I said ‘What?’ and he said, ‘A 1957 Gretsch’... I said, ‘Great, cheers, man’,..I was being polite. I opened the case and it was bright orange and I thought, ‘Ugh! It's horrible, I hate it’. 1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing v. 50 This man.. said Cheers five times, the first time when he noticed the approach of his customer, again when he handed the magazines, again when he took money, again when he gave change and the last time when bidden good-bye. 1995 Guardian 6 Oct. (Friday Review section) 7/3 It was punctuated with cries of ‘Yeah! Brilliant! Cheers!’ when things went well for the police. b. Originally and chiefly British. Used to express gratitude or acknowledgement for something: ‘thanks’. Also ironic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection] gramercyc1330 mercyc1390 thanks1598 kew1939 cheers1976 1976 P. Howard in Times 5 Aug. 12/1 By a remarkable transition from the pub to the sober world at large outside cheers has become the colloquial synonym in British English for ‘thanks’. 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Christmas Special 61 Del. (Hands Grandad a twenty-pound note) There's a score for yer, little Christmas pressie. Grandad. Oh cheers Del, very nice of you. 1993 T. Hawkins Pepper ix. 197 Cheers for listening. 1996 P. Marber Dealer's Choice (rev. ed.) i. 13 Cheers, now I get an earful. 2002 R. Rankin Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Apocalypse iv. 39 ‘Cheers,’ said Eddie. ‘I appreciate that.’ 2. Used as a toast or salutation before drinking.The usual sense.The earliest use so far traced comes from Australia but it is uncertain whether it originated there. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] rivoa1593 my service to you1637 tope1651 three times three1683 hob or nob1756 bottoms up!1858 chin chin1888 here's hoping, how, looking (at you), luck1896 down the hatch1918 cheerio1919 cheero1919 (here's) mud in your eye1927 cheers1930 lechayim1932 salut1933 salud1938 1930 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 14 Sept. 17 The brief toast of ‘Cheers, dears!’ 1933 V. Williams Clock ticks On xiv. 131 They exchanged Anglo-Saxon drinking salutations. ‘Cheers!’ said the one, and ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ the other. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge ii. i. 199 ‘Happy days!’ cried Mobbs. ‘Cheers!’ said the Major gloomily. The Commodore refreshed himself in silence. 1985 Frontline (Johannesburg) Feb. 30 Cheers. Down the hatch. 2004 P. Reizin Fiends Reunited vii. 223 I raised my glass. ‘Cheers.’ 3. Originally Australian. Now chiefly British. Used as a parting salutation: ‘goodbye’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell farewell1377 farewell itc1385 adieua1393 vale?1555 da-da1573 addio1577 goodbye1578 bye1618 adios1635 bye-bye1639 day-day1697 ta-ta1823 ave1850 sayonara1863 hooray1898 cheero1903 toodle-oo1907 hurroo1913 cheerio1914 pip-pip1919 tooraloo1922 cheery-bye1930 cheers1937 tara1958 ciao1961 toodles1965 tatty-bye1971 toodle-pip1977 1937 Queensland Country Life 29 July 7 Well, cheers old dears! See you next week. 1942 Irish Times 6 Mar. 3 See you at the smoker Saturday. Goodbye. Cheers. 1972 A. Bennett Getting On II. 53 Andy Cheers. Polly Where you going? Andy Only out. 1991 M. S. Power Come the Executioner (1992) viii. 59 ‘Good. I'll speak to you later.’ ‘Cheers.’ 2006 K. Atkinson One Good Turn (2007) xxxiii. 273 Anyway, cheers. I'm off home. Sleep well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1915
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