Cheerio
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Cheerio may be or refer to:
- "Cheerio", a British EnglishBritish EnglishBritish English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere...
or Hiberno English parting expression. Sometimes heard by the fox-hunting fraternity, an utterance sometimes used when hounds are leaving covert, the huntsman can be heard 'cheering hounds' away.
- A single morsel of CheeriosCheeriosCheerios is a brand of breakfast cereal by General Mills introduced on May 1, 1941 as the first oat-based, ready-to-eat cold cereal. Originally named CheeriOats, the name was changed to Cheerios in 1945 because of a trade name dispute with Quaker Oats. The name fit the "O" shape of the cereal pieces...
, a breakfast cereal; see also: - Frosted Cheerios
- Yogurt Burst Cheerios
- Honey Nut CheeriosHoney Nut CheeriosHoney Nut Cheerios is a variation of Cheerios breakfast cereal, introduced in 1979 by the General Mills cereal company. This is the second variation from Original Cheerios, it is sweeter than the original, with a honey and almond flavor...
- Cheerio (company)Cheerio (company)is a soft drink manufacturing company headquartered in Takatsuki Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Headquarters:The main office is located in Takatsuki, a subyurb of Osaka.The current president is Hikari Suga.-Brief history:...
, the company that makes the drink below - Cheerio (drink)Cheerio (drink)is a Japanese carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Cheerio Corporation. The drink comes in multiple flavors, and was introduced in 1963. The drinks used to be sold in glass bottles, similar to those used for Ramune...
, a Japanese soft drink - "Cheerio", final song on the Jethro Tull album Broadsword and the BeastBroadsword and the BeastThe Broadsword and The Beast is the 14th studio album by Jethro Tull, released on April 10, 1982 and according to Ian Anderson in the liner notes of the remastered CD, contains some of Jethro Tull's best music...
- "Swing Low, Sweet Cheerio", a song by Alice Cooper on the Pretties for YouPretties for YouPretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper. At this time, the name "Alice Cooper" referred to the band, not its lead singer, though the lead singer was also known as Alice Cooper. The music has a psychedelic flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that...
album - The Cheerio effectCheerio effectIn fluid mechanics, the Cheerios effect is the tendency for small wettable floating objects to attract one another. An example of the Cheerios effect is the phenomenon whereby breakfast cereal tends to clump together or cling to the sides of a bowl of milk. It is named for the breakfast cereal...
, an effect in fluid dynamics - Charles Kellogg Field (a.k.a. Cheerio), an author and radio host on KPO (now called KNBRKNBRKNBR, The Sports Leader, is the on-air branding used by two AM radio stations in the San Francisco, California, area broadcasting a sports radio format, owned by Cumulus Media....
) in the 1930s. - In New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, a small version of a saveloySaveloyA saveloy is a type of highly seasoned sausage, usually bright red in colour, which is typically available in English fish and chips shops,but more often from pork shops sometimes fried in batter...
, also called a cocktail sausage. - A cheerleader on Glee (TV series)Glee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...