cheese

/t͡ʃiz/ · noun

Meaning

A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
Any particular variety of cheese.
A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
Money.
In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
To prepare curds for making cheese.
To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
To smile excessively, as for a camera.
Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
(British India) The correct thing, of excellent quality; the ticket.
To stop; to refrain from.
To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".
To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter.
To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).

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