Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used in greeting or parting.
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- interjection UK, New Zealand, Australia, informal a greeting or parting
- noun New Zealand A small
saveloy often consumed withtomato sauce at parties, also known as a cocktail sausage or alittle boy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a farewell remark
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My presonal favorite are the multi grain ones, though the humble standard cheerio is much loved in my house too.
Ode to an O kittenpie 2008
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The cheerio is robust enough to float in your milk for some time without succumbing to the dreaded cereal sog, an enemy of mine that rules out the eating of any "flake" cereal.
Ode to an O kittenpie 2008
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The cheerio is robust enough to float in your milk for some time without succumbing to the dreaded cereal sog, an enemy of mine that rules out the eating of any "flake" cereal.
Archive 2008-01-01 kittenpie 2008
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Long before we were all fearful and protective and the world was fraught with recalls over choking hazards and worries of childhood diabetes brought on by too much sugar and whole grains were hailed as the new food messiah, the cheerio was the perfect cereal, designed with all of that in mind and more.
Archive 2008-01-01 kittenpie 2008
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Long before we were all fearful and protective and the world was fraught with recalls over choking hazards and worries of childhood diabetes brought on by too much sugar and whole grains were hailed as the new food messiah, the cheerio was the perfect cereal, designed with all of that in mind and more.
Ode to an O kittenpie 2008
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Just be thankful that "cheerio," "gor'blimey" or "jolly good" didn't show up, since we all know you also use them in every bloody sentence.
Baltiblogs 2010
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LOL if your smarts was fuel you would not have enough fuel to power a piss ants motorcycle to do a figure eight inside a cheerio hole.
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Or if your brains were fuel you would not enough fuel to power a pissants motorcycle to do a figure eight inside a cheerio hole.
Think Progress » Beck calls Bush a ‘progressive,’ says Obama is doing ‘exactly’ the same thing. 2010
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Oh please dont make me wait,,,, i hate warnings give me more of the same. if your brains were fuel you would not have enough fuel to power a piss ants motorcycle to do a figure 8 inside of a cheerio hole.
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Unless your reason for living is to play the foil to a self-described cheerio pisser, just let it pass.
Matthew Yglesias » The Problem With Political Journalism 2010
oroboros commented on the word cheerio
Like aloha, a contronym meaning both hello and goodbye.
January 31, 2007
yarb commented on the word cheerio
I have never heard this used to mean 'hello'.
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word cheerio
There's a reference to this word in one of the list with the best names ever.
June 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word cheerio
You say goodbye and I say hello.
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the word cheerio
Ciao!
June 14, 2008
dontcry commented on the word cheerio
I don't know why you say good-bye
I say hello.
Target has totally ruined this song for me...*sniff*
*makes a mojito and goes out to the porch*
June 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word cheerio
Song quotation on canopy.
June 9, 2009