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
A breakfast food eaten without heating, usually served with milk
Thin, crisp pieces of corn eaten with milk for breakfast
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.