Cheerios
- noun
- /ˈtʃɪr.i.oʊz/
- The kids love snacking on Cheerios between meals.
Examples
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So the boys normally start out with some cold cereal like Cheerios or Rice Krispies.
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She would line them up, little Cheerios along the edge of our coffee table and I would stand up, eat the Cheerio.
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She said he can have three to five Cheerios as a snack.
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Get out of here if you're using Cheerios to lower your cholesterol.
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Put some Cheerios or Fruit Loops into the toilet bowl and ask them to aim at the Cheerios and that will really help with their aim.
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They snapped, crackled and popped rice crispy treats and crunched Cheerios honey nuts.
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For breakfast, I usually enjoy a bowl of Cheerios with milk.
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During the picnic, we brought a bag of Cheerios for a quick snack.
Synonyms
A food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast
A crunchy breakfast mix of baked oats, nuts, and dried fruit
A breakfast cereal made from whole wheat flakes often with an athlete on the box
A breakfast cereal of bran flakes mixed with raisins
Thin, crisp pieces of corn eaten with milk for breakfast
A breakfast food eaten without heating, usually served with milk
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cheerios mixes the word cheer ('happy') with the letter O for the cereal's round shape, so Cheerios are small, round 'O'-shaped pieces of oat cereal you eat with milk or as a snack.