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cheerio

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cheer·i·o  (chîr-)
interj. Chiefly British
Used in greeting or parting.
[Alteration of cheer.]
cheerio [ˌtʃɪərɪˈəʊ]
sentence substitute Informal chiefly Brit
1. a farewell greeting
2. a drinking toast
n
(Cookery) NZ a type of small sausage
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cheeriocheerio - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
bye-bye, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long, adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye
farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
Translations
cheerio [ˈtʃɪərɪˈəʊ] EXCL (Brit) → ¡hasta luego!, ¡chau!(LAm)
cheerio [ˌtʃɪəriˈəʊ] excl (British) → salut!
cheerio
interj (esp Brit inf)
(= goodbye) → Wiedersehen (inf), → Servus (S Ger, Aus); (to friends) → tschüs(s) (inf)
(= your health) → prost
cheerio [ˌtʃɪərɪˈəʊ] excl (Brit) (fam) → ciao!
cheerio [ˌtʃɪərɪˈəʊ] excl (Brit) (fam) → ciao!


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The "grammar-school class picture," where the photographer lines up way too many people for a group shot, resulting in a picture where each person's head is roughly the size of a Cheerio, and you can't tell who anybody is.
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Waters, president of the Cheerio Club; Cora Foster, president of the Goodwill Prayer Band; Edyth Jamison, general superintendent of the Church School General Officers; and Mattie Hodge, general director, The Baptist Training Union.
Keep your hand on the plow--hold on: black Baptist women in ... by Smoot, Pamela A. / Baptist History and Heritage
But cheerio, chaps, I'm off on another tour of duty as human shield.
Embedded in my couch. (Unplugged) by Clinton, Kate / The Progressive
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