cheerio
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/
(UK)
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/ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ (UK) · /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/ (US) · [ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯] (US)
Definition of cheerio
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
“"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"”
“But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon".”
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intj
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
“"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"”
“But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon".”
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(rare)Hello; a greeting.
“Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!”
noun
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(New-Zealand)A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
“The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.”
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An individual piece of the Cheerios breakfast cereal.
“A single Cheerio fell off my spoon.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From cheer and/or cheery + -o.
Words you can make from cheerio
60 playable · top: CHEERO (11 pts)
Best play cheero 11 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
15 words3-letter words
21 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
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