wheaties
wheaties is the plural of wheatie.
Meaning of wheatie
Noun
wheatie (plural wheaties)
- A wheat penny.
- Since he hasnt answered the thread, a "wheatie" is an old Lincoln penny with two heads of wheat on the back, instead of the house (Memorial Bldg.).1999 November 27, Nathaniel Bates, “"Clad".”, in uk.rec.metaldetecting (Usenet), retrieved 08 Dec 2022
Proper noun capitalized: Wheaties
Wheaties
- A manufactured breakfast cereal made of a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes.
- Sometimes when I'm feeling my Wheaties, I want to be the one to go out and experiment, and I expect the drummer to help me by keeping it down.1993, Marcus Miller, edited by Tom Mulhern, Bass Heroes, Backbeat Books, page 34
- Drugs were my Wheaties. My breakfast of champions. They made me feel fortified.2005, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Symptoms of Withdrawal, William Morrow and Co., page 159
Origin of wheaties
Diminutive plural from wheat + -ie + -s; also evocative of wheaty, connoting little wheaty things.
Words formed from wheaties
Phrases with wheaties
Questions about wheaties
- What does wheaties mean?
- Wheaties means a manufactured breakfast cereal made of a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes.
- What is wheaties the plural of?
- Wheaties is the plural of wheatie.
- What part of speech is wheaties?
- Wheaties is a proper noun.
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