often attributive
1
a
: a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey
b
: an often cylindrical cake of this food
2
: something resembling cheese in shape or consistency
3
: something cheap or shabby : cheesy material
cinematic cheese
slang
: someone important
Examples of cheese in a Sentence
Noun (1)
you wouldn't believe the cheese that the movie studio puts out
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Local prices for butter and cheddar cheese also decreased month to month, The Bee found.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Zhao and Dai and Fumi dropped by my place with cup ramen, cheesing behind their masks.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Herbal Corsican rosés are perfect with soft goat cheeses and the ricotta-like local cheese, brocciu.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Local prices for butter and cheddar cheese also decreased month to month, The Bee found.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
In the post, Oscar can be seen jumping into the ocean into his dad's arms, pretending to fly a plane, smiling with his mom Tana and cheesing on a blue truck.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Zhao and Dai and Fumi dropped by my place with cup ramen, cheesing behind their masks.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheese. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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