cheerio
[ cheer-ee-oh, cheer-ee-oh ]
/ ˈtʃɪər iˌoʊ, ˌtʃɪər iˈoʊ /
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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!”
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Origin of cheerio
1905–10; see cheero; source of -i- is unclear
Words nearby cheerio
cheeky, cheep, cheer, cheerer-upper, cheerful, cheerio, cheerlead, cheerleader, cheerleading, cheerless, cheerly
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Example sentences from the Web for cheerio
"Hello, old thing, cheerio and all the rest of it," Huntsman whinnied lovingly.
Well, cheerio, and good hunting, and all that sort of thing.
Dave Dawson at Casablanca|Robert Sydney BowenThen he bent over her hand in a fashion more courtly than the “Cheerio!”
The Golden Face|William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for cheerio
cheerio
/ (ˌtʃɪərɪˈəʊ) /
sentence substitute informal, mainly British
a farewell greeting
a drinking toast
noun
NZ a type of small sausage
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