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cheese
1[cheez]
noun
the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
a definite mass of this substance, often in the shape of a wheel or cylinder.
something of similar shape or consistency, as a mass of pulpy apple residue in cider making.
Informal.partly digested milk curds sometimes spit up by infants.
cheeses, any of several mallows, especially Malva neglecta, a sprawling, weedy plant having small lavender or white flowers and round, flat, segmented fruits thought to resemble little wheels of cheese.
Slang: Vulgar.smegma.
Slang.money.
I’m just trying to get my name out there and hopefully earn some cheese.
Metalworking.
a transverse section cut from an ingot, as for making into a tire.
an ingot or billet made into a convex, circular form by blows at the ends.
a low curtsy.
verb (used without object)
Informal.(of infants) to spit up partly digested milk curds.
verb (used with object)
(in a game, especially a video game) to win (a battle round) by using a strategy that requires minimal skill and knowledge or that exploits a glitch or flaw in game design.
He cheesed the fight by trapping his enemy in the environment and attacking without taking damage.
Metalworking.to forge (an ingot or billet) into a cheese.
cheese
2[cheez]
verb (used with object)
to stop; desist.
cheese
3[cheez]
noun
Slang.the cheese,
a person or thing that is splendid or first-rate.
something that is exactly what is wanted or required.
cheese
1/ ʃː /
noun
the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food
a mass or complete cake of this substance
any of various substances of similar consistency, etc
lemon cheese
slangan important person
See chalk
cheese
2/ ʃː /
verb
(tr) to stop; desist
slang:prison(intr) to act in a grovelling manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of cheese1
Origin of cheese3
Word History and Origins
Origin of cheese1
Origin of cheese2
Idioms and Phrases
cut the cheese, to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus; fart.
cheese it,
look out!
run away!
Example Sentences
Make biscuits studded with sun-dried tomato and goat cheese, then crown them with slow-scrambled eggs.
Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a trade agreement broke down early last year, before the British general election, after a dispute over beef and cheese.
It’s not uncommon to see lines of customers stretching the length of the counter as they wait for charred meats on a layer of crispy cheese and fresh blue corn tortillas.
“I would say the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. Two eggs over medium bacon, American cheese, salt, pepper and ketchup on a roll,” Dillon told host Sean Evans.
But creamy goat cheese melts into the mix like a dream.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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