Trix
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A sweet fruit-flavored breakfast cereal brand popular in the United States
- proper noun
- /trɪks/
- US
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Trix
- At breakfast, he enjoys a big bowl of Trix with milk.
- Trix is for kids
- Trix cereal
- Trix rabbit
Examples
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I mean, they say, uh, "Trix are for kids" in the commercials.
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The leaves of the trees mixed colors in a blend of dark orange, deep red, and yellow, which made Walter think of a bowl of Trix cereal.
Fiction book (1993) -
You hear "Trix are for kids."
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-Can I have some Trix?
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Trix are for kids, right?
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So if I purchase these Trix, there'll be no trouble?
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I've been led to understand that Trix are exclusively for children.
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If you could be Count Chocula or Trix the Rabbit, who would you be?
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Trix had been his favorite cereal as a boy.
Fiction book (1993) -
You want some Trix?
Surface Forms
Trix main
Etymology
Trix for the cereal plays on the idea of bright, playful tricks and fun, so the colorful fruit shapes and the silly rabbit make breakfast feel like a treat for children.