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!”
Origin of cheerio
1905–10; see
cheero; source of
-i- is unclear
Words nearby cheerio
cheer,
cheer on,
cheer up,
cheerer-upper,
cheerful,
cheerio,
cheerlead,
cheerleader,
cheerleading,
cheerless,
cheerly
Example sentences 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
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