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In some senses, cheerio is marked as informal, UK, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
cheerio
UK /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ US /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/
intj 2noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
good, single
VERB + CHEERIO
like, relieved, said
CHEERIO + NOUN
everybody, luck, pip-pip, someplace
PREP.
off
Definitions
intj
1
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".
2
Hello; a greeting.
Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
noun
1
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.
noun
1
An individual piece of the Cheerios breakfast cereal.
A single Cheerio fell off my spoon.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"
Wiktionary02
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".
Wiktionary03
Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
Wiktionary04
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.
Wiktionary05
A single Cheerio fell off my spoon.
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