cheers
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- interjection
- B2
A word people say as they lift their glasses just before they drink together.
Cheers, everybody! Thank you all for coming this evening.
We clinked our glasses and said cheers before tasting the wine.
Cheers — here's to five happy years of working together!
Common collocations: cheers, everyone · say cheers · cheers to that · raise a glass and say cheers
Part of: Drinks, Restaurants, Talking to people, Positive emotions
Sense 2 · less common
- interjection
- C1
A short friendly way of saying thank you, used mostly in Britain.
Cheers for lending me your umbrella yesterday, it really saved me.
Cheers, that's really kind of you — I owe you one.
He said cheers and took the keys without another word.
Common collocations: cheers for the help · cheers, mate · cheers anyway
Part of: Talking to people, Speaking