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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
- big cheese slang.an important person
- as alike as chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheeseSee 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
- cheese it, Slang.
- look out!
- run away!
- cut the cheese, Slang. to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus; fart.
More idioms and phrases containing cheese
- big cheese
Example Sentences
Every ingredient adds something essential: garlic for punch, cheese for salinity, herbs for color and base flavor, nuts for richness, oil for body.
For frosting: Mix butter, banana, lemon juice, and cream cheese well, then add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
“Beef rendang is one of my all-time favorite dishes. Put it between two slices of toasted sourdough with cheese and sauerkraut and it hits a whole new level,” he says.
I enjoyed everything bagels paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.
If you want to branch out, their other flavors are banging and just as unique: the fennel tarragon crème honey, for instance, is a game-changer on a cheese board.
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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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