cheese

A1
Pronunciation
/t͡ʃiz/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.

2 Definition

Any particular variety of cheese.

3 Definition

A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.

4 Definition

That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.

5 Definition

Money.

6 Definition

In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.

7 Definition

A fastball.

8 Definition

A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.

9 Definition

Smegma.

10 Definition

Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.

11 Definition

A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.

12 Definition

The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).

13 Definition

A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.

14 Definition

Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.

15 Definition

(British India) The correct thing, of excellent quality; the ticket.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To prepare curds for making cheese.

2 Definition

To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.

3 Definition

To smile excessively, as for a camera.

4 Definition

To stop; to refrain from.

Example Sentences
  • Cheese it, the cops!
5 Definition

To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".

Example Sentences
  • All this waiting around is really cheesing me off.
6 Definition

To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter.

Example Sentences
  • You can cheese most of the game using certain exploits.
7 Definition

To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).

Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

Example Sentences
  • Say "cheese"! ... and there we are!