cheerleading squad

Pep rally performers

A cheerleading squad is an organized group that performs coordinated routines—chants, dances, stunts, and tumbling—to encourage crowd support at athletic events.

Squads range from casual school groups to highly competitive teams that train intensively and compete nationally: She made the cheerleading squad her sophomore year.

The term often shortens to simply squad in context.

Related

rally · chants · fight song · uniforms · stunts · tumbling · back handspring · pyramids · basket toss · sidelines · game day · football · basketball · megaphone · halftime · flips · jumps · bases

Categories
Opposites
support role vs. competition role

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School's top athletic squad

starting lineup · athletes · sports team · football team · basketball team

enthusiasm/encouragement vs. discouragement

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Disruptive audience shouters

booers · critics · detractors · naysayers · haters

group spirit vs. individual detachment

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Timid party attendees

spectators · bystanders · loners · cynics

Family

cheerleading, squad, cheer, cheers, cheered, cheering, cheerful, cheerfully, cheerfulness

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G