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cheese

UK/t͡ʃiːz/ US/t͡ʃiz/ common british slang uk
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

Synonyms

verb

1.

used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)

  • “Cheese it!”
2.

wind onto a cheese

  • “cheese the yarn”

Origin

From Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Phrases

  • a little bit of bread and no cheese
  • Abertam cheese
  • aerosol cheese
  • American cheese
  • Añejo cheese
  • apple cheese
  • Asiago cheese
  • basket cheese
  • big cheese
  • cheese it
  • cheese up
  • cheesed off

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