"cheerio" meaning in English

See cheerio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/ [US], [ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-cheerio.wav [US], EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cheer}} cheer, {{m|en|cheery}} cheery, {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-interj}} cheerio
  1. (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, informal) Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting. Tags: Australia, Britain, Canada, Hong-Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, informal Categories (topical): Farewells Translations (goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye): tschüss (German), до гле́дање (do glédanje) [formal] (Macedonian), до виду́вање (do vidúvanje) [formal] (Macedonian) Translations (translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting): (hāi) (Chinese Mandarin), (wèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 你好 (nǐhǎo) (english: when greeting) (Chinese Mandarin), 再會 (Chinese Mandarin), 再会 (zàihuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái) (english: when parting) (Chinese Mandarin), servus (Czech), ahoj (Czech), čau (Czech), hoi (english: when greeting) (Dutch), doei (english: when parting) (Dutch), terve (Finnish), hei (Finnish), salut (French), बंदगी (bandgī) (Hindi), ciao (Italian), こんにちは (konnichi wa) (Japanese), やあ (yā) (Japanese), どうも (dōmo) (english: when greeting) (Japanese), では (de wa) (Japanese), またね (mata ne) (Japanese), じゃ (Japanese), バイバイ (baibai) (Japanese), バイ (bai) (english: when parting) (Japanese), 안녕 (annyeong) (Korean), по́здрав (pózdrav) (english: when greeting and when parting) (Macedonian), cześć (english: when greeting) (Polish), pa (english: when parting) (Polish), приве́т (privét) (Russian), здоро́во (zdoróvo) (english: when greeting) (Russian), пока́ (poká) (Russian), бу́дь здоро́в! (búdʹ zdoróv!) [addressee-masculine, informal] (Russian), бу́дь здоро́ва! (búdʹ zdoróva!) [addressee-feminine, informal] (Russian), бу́дьте здоро́вы! (búdʹte zdoróvy!) (english: when parting) (note: formal or to a group) (Russian), tìoraidh (Scottish Gaelic), bok (Serbo-Croatian), бок (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-intj-0kyBduD2 Disambiguation of Farewells: 76 6 18 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, Hong Kong English, Indian English, Irish English, Malaysian English, New Zealand English, Singapore English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -o, Queensland English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 7 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 7 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 66 16 18 Disambiguation of Queensland English: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of 'goodbye, toodeloo — see also bye': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting': 56 44
  2. (rare) Hello; a greeting. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Greetings Translations (hello — see also hi): hallo (German), здра́во (zdrávo) (english: when greeting) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-intj-VMLt7d~9 Disambiguation of Greetings: 4 94 2 Disambiguation of 'hello — see also hi': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chip chip cheerio

Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/ [US], [ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-cheerio.wav [US], EN-AU ck1 cheerio.ogg [Australia] Forms: cheerios [plural]
Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cheer}} cheer, {{m|en|cheery}} cheery, {{suffix|en||o}} + -o Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheerio (plural cheerios)
  1. (Queensland, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. Tags: New-Zealand Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: cocktail sausage, little boy
    Sense id: en-cheerio-en-noun-rqdzqLvb Disambiguation of Sausages: 30 8 62 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for cheerio meaning in English (14.9kB)

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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bandgī",
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          "word": "बंदगी"
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          "word": "ciao"
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          "roman": "konnichi wa",
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          "word": "こんにちは"
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          "roman": "yā",
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          "roman": "mata ne",
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          "word": "またね"
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          "word": "じゃ"
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          "roman": "baibai",
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          "word": "バイバイ"
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          "roman": "bai",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "annyeong",
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          "word": "안녕"
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          "code": "mk",
          "english": "when greeting and when parting",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pózdrav",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "word": "по́здрав"
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          "code": "pl",
          "english": "when greeting",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "cześć"
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        {
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          "english": "when parting",
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          "word": "pa"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "privét",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "word": "приве́т"
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          "roman": "zdoróvo",
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          "word": "здоро́во"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poká",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "word": "пока́"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búdʹ zdoróv!",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бу́дь здоро́в!"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "búdʹ zdoróva!",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бу́дь здоро́ва!"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "when parting",
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          "note": "formal or to a group",
          "roman": "búdʹte zdoróvy!",
          "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
          "word": "бу́дьте здоро́вы!"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "tìoraidh"
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          "word": "hallo"
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        "A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties."
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯]",
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        "US"
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        "New Zealand English",
        "Singapore English",
        "South African English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯]",
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        "US"
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      "word": "tschüss"
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      "word": "здра́во"
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      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "嗨"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "喂"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "when greeting",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐhǎo",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "你好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "再會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàihuì",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "再会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bàibài, bāibái, báibái",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "拜拜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "servus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "ahoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "čau"
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      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "hoi"
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      "code": "nl",
      "english": "when parting",
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      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "doei"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "terve"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "hei"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "salut"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bandgī",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "बंदगी"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "ciao"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konnichi wa",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "こんにちは"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yā",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "やあ"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "dōmo",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "どうも"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "de wa",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "では"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mata ne",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "またね"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "じゃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baibai",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "バイバイ"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "when parting",
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      "roman": "bai",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "バイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "annyeong",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "안녕"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "when greeting and when parting",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pózdrav",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "по́здрав"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "when greeting",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "cześć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "when parting",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "pa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privét",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "приве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "when greeting",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdoróvo",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "здоро́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poká",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "пока́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdʹ zdoróv!",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "tags": [
        "addressee-masculine",
        "informal"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdʹ zdoróva!",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "tags": [
        "addressee-feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "бу́дь здоро́ва!"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "when parting",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "formal or to a group",
      "roman": "búdʹte zdoróvy!",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "бу́дьте здоро́вы!"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "tìoraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "bok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting",
      "word": "бок"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheerio"
}

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties."
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        "(Queensland, New Zealand) A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties."
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiɹi.oʊ̯]",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/EN-AU_ck1_cheerio.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cocktail sausage"
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    {
      "word": "little boy"
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