Definitions for cheerio

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cheerio cheer·i·o

Spelling: [cheer-ee-oh, cheer-ee-oh]

IPA: /ˈtʃɪər iˌoʊ, ˌtʃɪər iˈoʊ/

Cheerio is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in cheerio (ceehior).

Definitions for cheerio

noun

1. a goodbye or farewell.
2. a toast of “cheerio!”.

interjection

1. goodbye; goodbye and good luck.
2. (used as a toast to one's drinking companions.)

Origin of cheerio

1905-10; see cheero; source of -i- is unclear

Examples for cheerio

Well, cheerio, and good hunting, and all that sort of thing.

Then he bent over her hand in a fashion more courtly than the “cheerio!”

"Hello, old thing, cheerio and all the rest of it," Huntsman whinnied lovingly.