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cheese
🇱isten/t͡ʃiz/
noun
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A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
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Any particular variety of cheese.
Any particular variety of cheese.
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A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
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That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
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Money.
Money.
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In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
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A fastball.
A fastball.
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A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
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Smegma.
Smegma.
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Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
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A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
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The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
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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.
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.
verb
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To prepare curds for making cheese.
To prepare curds for making cheese.
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To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
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To smile excessively, as for a camera.
To smile excessively, as for a camera.
interjection
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Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
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