cheerio
[ cheer-ee-oh, cheer-ee-oh ]
/ ˈtʃɪər iˌoʊ, ˌtʃɪər iˈoʊ /
interjection
goodbye; goodbye and good luck.
(used as a toast to one's drinking companions.)
noun, plural cheer·i·os.
a goodbye or farewell.
a toast of “cheerio!”
RELATED WORDS
adieu, goodbye, sendoff, bye-bye, valediction, salutation, parting, ciao, adios, leave-taking, Godspeed, farewell, send-off, arrivederci, bye, sayonara, ta-ta, toodle-oo
Nearby words
- cheer on,
- cheer up,
- cheerer-upper,
- cheerful,
- cheerfully,
- cheerlead,
- cheerleader,
- cheerleading,
- cheerless,
- cheerlessly
Origin of cheerio
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Examples from the Web for cheerio
"Hello, old thing, cheerio and all the rest of it," Huntsman whinnied lovingly.
Then he bent over her hand in a fashion more courtly than the “Cheerio!”
The Golden Face|William Le QueuxWell, cheerio, and good hunting, and all that sort of thing.
Dave Dawson at Casablanca|Robert Sydney Bowen
cheerio
/ (ˌtʃɪərɪˈəʊ) /
sentence substitute informal, mainly British
a farewell greeting
a drinking toast
noun
NZ a type of small sausage
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cheerio
upbeat parting exclamation, British, 1910, from cheer.
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