Associations to the word «Cheerio»

Wiktionary

CHEERIO, interjection. (British) (Ireland) (New Zealand) (Australia) (informal) a greeting or parting
CHEERIO, noun. (NZ) (AU) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
CHEERIO, noun. An individual piece of the breakfast cereal, Cheerios.
CHEERIO EFFECT, noun. (physics) The tendency for objects floating on a liquid surface to clump together.
CHEERIO EFFECT, noun. Alternative spelling of cheerio effect

Dictionary definition

CHEERIO, noun. A farewell remark; "they said their good-byes".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope