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Cheetos

Cheetos

18 1.4
A crunchy orange corn snack with a cheesy flavor
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtʃiːtoʊz/
: Cheetos
  • Everybody's suddenly got more money to buy their Cheetos and Goldfish.
  • a Cheetos bag
  • eat Cheetos
  • Hot Cheetos

It really is Like some cucumber with hot Cheetos and add some mango.

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Examples

  • I always bring a bag of Cheetos to the movie theater for a crunchy snack.

  • Got my Cheetos, though.

    Poetic Justice (1993)

  • I love Hot Cheetos, so I get it.

  • Then we have more hot Cheetos because why not?

  • Saw the Hot Cheetos, had to get it.

    Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

  • How much for the Cheetos and water?

    Magic Mike XXL (2015)

  • - Hey, pass the Cheetos.

    Being John Malkovich (1999)

  • Hey, we're in front of the Cheetos popcorn mix.

  • The next one we're going to try are Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeno.

  • I'll go with flaming hot Cheetos FTW.

Synonyms

corn chip
vsCheetos
  • US
7 1.0

A thin crunchy snack made from corn and fried, often salted or flavored

is a specific orange cheese flavored branded version of that snack
chipper
vsCheetos
  • US
1 2.7

A thin, crispy snack made from potatoes or corn

is specifically a cornmeal snack with a distinct orange cheese flavor

Surface Forms

Cheetos main

Etymology

Cheetos comes from the English word cheese plus the Spanish ending -itos, which means 'small' or 'little'. So Cheetos is like 'little cheese' pieces, a simple way to remember this small, crunchy, cheese-flavoured snack.