Tooraloo is an Irish and Australian informal farewell expression meaning goodbye or cheerio — a warm, informal parting word. As a verb it can also mean to express something in song, trilling in a light manner. The Irish and Australian usage as a goodbye follows the tradition of musical or nonsense syllables being repurposed as social phrases. It carries a light, cheerful register — not a solemn farewell but the kind of thing you say to someone you'll see again soon.
He waved from the door and called tooraloo before disappearing down the road.
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(Ireland, Australia) Goodbye.
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To express as in song.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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